Some parasites retire from regions with active immune attacks (e.g., Malaria parasites do it by adhesion at walls of inner blood vessels or cysticerci of tapeworms stay in the brain).
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(2016). Sequestration. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_2868
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