Altered immunity in crowded locust reduced fungal (Metarhizium anisopliae) pathogenesis.

The stress of living conditions, similar to infections, alters animal immunity. High population density is empirically considered to induce prophylactic immunity to reduce the infection risk, which was challenged by a model of low connectivity between infectious and susceptible individuals in crowde...

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Main Authors: Yundan Wang, Pengcheng Yang, Feng Cui, Le Kang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23326229/pdf/?tool=EBI