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Does resistance to filarial reinfections become leaky over time?
4 Aug 2008  Marcia Triunfol.  Source: Trends in Parasitology
(see original article or PDF)  Citation: Duerr HP, Hoffmann WH,
Eichner M (2008). Does resistance to filarial reinfections
become leaky over time? Trends Parasitol. 2008 Jun 19.  When it
comes to infecting a host, how many parasites are too many? One
is lonesome, two may be perfect, and three ...three might be a
crowd.  Duerr and colleagues have reviewed the recent literature
on onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis to design theoretical
models that explain why only a small number of infective larvae
are able to successfully infect the host, and why this number
tends to be limited,