Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
A gut feeling for microbes: getting it going between a parasite and its host.
- Journal:
- Cell host & microbe
- Year:
- 2009
- Authors:
- Denkers, Eric Y
- Affiliation:
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology · United States
Abstract
We do not live in a sterile environment, but instead we are intimately associated with our commensal microbiota. Benson et al. (2009) suggest that host sensing of these microbes takes a pivotal role in getting the immune system up and running in response to a major intestinal parasite.
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