Immunity in society: Diverse solutions to common problems

PLoS Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Babayan, Simon A ^a   Schneider, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; FOOD QUALITY; FUNGUS IMMUNITY; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; HERD IMMUNITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; RISK REDUCTION; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HERD; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MASS VACCINATION;

EID: 84859985331     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001297     Document Type: Article

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