title: Parasite infections revisited.
abstract: Studying parasites helps reveal basic mechanisms in immunology. For long this has been recognized for studies on the immune system of mice and man. But it is not true for immunological studies on fish. To support this argument we discuss selected examples of parasite infections not only in warm-blooded but also in cold-blooded vertebrates. We point out that parasite infections deserve more attention as model systems in comparative immunology.
authors.affiliation: Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, PO Box 338, Wageningen AH 6700, The Netherlands. geert.wiegertjes@wur.nl
authors.forename: Geert F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Wiegertjes
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Forlenza
authors.forename: Maaike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Joerink
authors.forename: Jörn P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Scharsack
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology; D005399:Fishes; D006801:Humans; D007125:Immunogenetics; D051379:Mice; D018448:Models, Immunological; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D010273:Parasitic Diseases, Animal / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology; D014352:Trypanosomiasis / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology