The role of the immune response in helminth population regulation |
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| Authors: | D Wakelin |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America;2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America;3. Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America;1. Agriculture Ministry Key Laboratory of Healthy Freshwater Aquaculture，Key Laboratory of Fish Health and Nutrition of Zhejiang Province，Zhejiang Institute of Freshwater Fisheries，Huzhou, China;2. College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Provincial Engineering Research Center of Animal Probiotics, Key Laboratory of animal production and product quality safety of Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China;1. Department of Biology, University of Florida, 111 Bartram Hall, P.O. Box 118525, Gainesville, FL 32611-8525, USAn;2. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Ave., Lawrence, KS 66045, USAn |
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| Abstract: | In natural host-parasite relationships the immune response represents the most effective control against parasitism by those species adapted to life within the environment specified by the host genotype. The parasite population is regulated by immunologically-mediated, often density-dependent, responses which influence establishment, survival and fecundity. The mechanisms underlying such responses have been largely determined by experimental studies using laboratory infections in rodent hosts and are reviewed. The influence of genetic factors which enhance or depress antiparasite immune responses is discussed. |
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