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Impact of STAT-6 dependent immunity on the rodent hookworm, Nippostrongylus brasiliensis
Adult female stages of the blood-feeding rodent hookworm, Nippostrongylus brasiliensis, become larger, more fecund, and show increased hemoglobin content when passaged through hosts lacking STAT-6 dependent Type 2 immunity (Right), compared to hosts with intact immunity (Left). Ferguson et al 2023
Image Credit: Annabel Ferguson and Gordon Ruthel
Citation: (2024) PLoS Pathogens Issue Image | Vol. 19(12) January 2024. PLoS Pathog 19(12): ev19.i12. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.ppat.v19.i12
Published: January 2, 2024
Copyright: © 2023 . This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Adult female stages of the blood-feeding rodent hookworm, Nippostrongylus brasiliensis, become larger, more fecund, and show increased hemoglobin content when passaged through hosts lacking STAT-6 dependent Type 2 immunity (Right), compared to hosts with intact immunity (Left). Ferguson et al 2023
Image Credit: Annabel Ferguson and Gordon Ruthel