Parasitic turncoat

Rustom Antia () and Jacob Koella ()
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Rustom Antia: Emory University
Jacob Koella: Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive, Université P. & M. Curie

Nature, 2004, vol. 429, issue 6991, 511-513

Abstract: Some parasites evade the immune response of their victim by changing their antigenic coat. Surprisingly, it seems that the trick works best if the new coat isn't completely different from the old one.

Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1038/429511a

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