Patterns in age-seroprevalence consistent with acquired immunity against Trypanosoma brucei in Serengeti lions.

• Hlavní autoři: Sue Welburn (Autor), Kim Picozzi (Autor), Paul G Coleman (Autor), Craig Packer (Autor)
• Médium: Kniha
• Vydáno: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Témata: article
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Trypanosomes cause disease in humans and livestock throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Although various species show evidence of clinical tolerance to trypanosomes, until now there has been no evidence of acquired immunity to natural infections. We discovered a distinct peak and decrease in age prevalenc...