Infection Dynamics and Immune Response in a Newly Described <italic toggle="yes">Drosophila</italic>-Trypanosomatid Association

ABSTRACT Trypanosomatid parasites are significant causes of human disease and are ubiquitous in insects. Despite the importance of Drosophila melanogaster as a model of infection and immunity and a long awareness that trypanosomatid infection is common in the genus, no trypanosomatid parasites natur...

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Main Authors: Phineas T. Hamilton, Jan Votýpka, Anna Dostálová, Vyacheslav Yurchenko, Nathan H. Bird, Julius Lukeš, Bruno Lemaitre, Steve J. Perlman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2015-10-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01356-15