Hidden consequences of living in a wormy world: Nematode-induced immune suppression facilitates tuberculosis invasion in African buffalo

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 613-624

  Ezenwa, Vanessa O ^a,e   Etienne, Rampal S ^b   Luikart, Gordon ^a,c   Beja Pereira, Albano ^c   Jolles, Anna E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease emergence; Genetic resistance; Immunity; Nematode; Syncerus caffer; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TREATMENT; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NEMATODE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITIC DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BUFFALO; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; NEMATODA; SYNCERUS CAFFER; VERMES;

EID: 78349256226     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656496     Document Type: Article

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