Abstract
To ensure successful transmission and establish chronic infection, parasites must evade the host's immune system and delay the development of immunity. Maria Yazdanbakhsh and David Sacks discuss how this might be achieved.
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Yazdanbakhsh, M., Sacks, D. Why does immunity to parasites take so long to develop?. Nat Rev Immunol 10, 80–81 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nri2673
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