Insects are capable of fighting viral infection even though they do not have B and T cells. Genetic analysis of drosophila C virus infection provides a glimpse of this unexplored area of innate immunity.
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Ip, Y. Drosophila innate immunity goes viral. Nat Immunol 6, 863–864 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni0905-863
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