title: Models to study ancient host-pathogen interactions: lessons from Crete.
abstract: The Aegean Conferences' first International Conference on Model Hosts took place on the picturesque Greek island of Crete. This meeting was the first of its kind and gathered together international experts who are using a vast array of hosts as models of infection, including worms, insects, mice, fish, rats, humans, squids, pigs, monkeys, protozoa, amoebae and ticks.
authors.affiliation: Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases and Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Terry K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Means
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aballay
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006805:Human Experimentation; D006801:Humans; D009181:Mycoses / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology