Survival of the fittest: allergology or parasitology?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 447-451

  Fitzsimmons, Colin M ^a   Dunne, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; COEVOLUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLANT PROTEINS; TROPOMYOSIN;

METAZOA; VERMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70149124302     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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