The population dynamics of acquired immunity to helminth infection.
Based on experimental evidence we develop and exploit a mathematical model to describe the role of acquired immunity in host-helminth interactions. We show that the model gives a quantitative description of the population dynamics in a laboratory situation involving a host immunological response. We make practical predictions based on these results.
D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000276:immunology*; D006376:Helminths / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008954:Models, Biological; D011157:Population Dynamics