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Host Immunity Selection

Host Immunity Selection is a theoretical construct in evolutionary parasitology that refers to the process by which host immune responses exert selective pressures on parasite populations, thereby shaping the evolution of parasite virulence traits through differential survival and replication of immune-evading variants.

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2017–2026

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Herpes simplex virus turns off the TAP to evade host immunity

Ann B. Hill, Pieter Jugovic, Jonathan W. Yewdell et al. · Nature · 1995 · 798 citations

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Herpes simplex virus turns off the TAP to evade host immunity

Trends in Genetics · 1995 · 739 citations

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Evolutionary Causes and Consequences of Immunopathology

Andrea L. Graham, Judith E. Allen, Andrew F. Read · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · 2005 · 427 citations

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Defensive symbiosis in the real world – advancing ecological studies of heritable, protective bacteria in aphids and beyond

Kerry M. Oliver, Andrew Smith, Jacob A. Russell · Functional Ecology · 2013 · 381 citations · Full text

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Dynamics and selection of many-strain pathogens

Julia R. Gog, Bryan T. Grenfell · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002 · 325 citations

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Authors

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  1. AF
    Andrew F. Read

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    6 publications · 711 citations

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  2. BT
    Bryan T. Grenfell

    Princeton University, United States

    4 publications · 422 citations

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  3. CD
    Colin Dobson

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    2 publications · 42 citations

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  4. MP
    Mercedes Pascual

    University of Michigan, United States

    2 publications · 107 citations

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  5. MM
    Martin Maiden

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 224 citations

    2

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Institutions

354

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    26 publications

    823 citations

  2. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    26 publications

    2.5K citations

  3. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    21 publications

    1.6K citations

  4. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    7 h-index

    23 publications

    931 citations

  5. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    2.6K citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    364 citations

  8. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    291 citations

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  2. The Journal of Infectious Diseases

    JID · 5 publications · 207 citations

    5

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 5 publications · 100 citations

    5

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  4. PLoS ONE

    5 publications · 171 citations

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  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 4 publications · 583 citations

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