| Literature DB >> 15922248 |
Grace Mulcahy1, Sandra O'Neill, June Fanning, Elaine McCarthy, Mary Sekiya.
Abstract
Migration through host tissues has major costs for parasitic helminths in terms of energy expenditure, risks of attrition and the need to adapt to varying physicochemical environments. Nevertheless, such migratory phases seem to confer a specific survival advantage. One reason for this might be the avoidance of specific host immune-defence mechanisms designed to protect against threats at mucosal surfaces.Mesh:
Year: 2005 PMID: 15922248 DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2005.04.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Parasitol ISSN: 1471-4922