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SUBMITTER: Seguel M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6790785 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Seguel Mauricio M Beechler Brianna R BR Coon Courtney C CC Snyder Paul W PW Spaan Johannie M JM Jolles Anna E AE Ezenwa Vanessa O VO
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20191002 1912
Immunity is one of the most variable phenotypic traits in animals; however, some individuals may show less fluctuation in immune traits, resulting in stable patterns of immune variation over time. It is currently unknown whether immune variation has consequences for infectious disease risk. In this study, we identified moderately stable immune traits in wild African buffalo and asked whether the stability of these traits affected bovine tuberculosis (TB) infection risk. We found that adaptive im ...[more]