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Why does immunity to parasites take so long to develop?

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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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  1. Maria Yazdanbakhsh is at the Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333ZA Leiden, The Netherlands.,

    Maria Yazdanbakhsh

  2. David L. Sacks is at the Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.,

    David L. Sacks

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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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