Individual and social immunisation in insects

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 471-482

  Masri, Leila ^a   Cremer, Sylvia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Host parasite interactions; Immune priming; Immunisation; Social immunity; Specific immune reaction; Transgenerational immune priming

Indexed keywords

IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; REVIEW; SECONDARY INFECTION; SOCIAL LIFE; THREAT; ANIMAL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNIZATION; INSECTS;

EID: 84922535809     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: 14714981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2014.08.005     Document Type: Review

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