ReviewIntegrative and comparative biology2014
Insights from parasite-specific serological tools in eco-immunology.
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- A Call For More Ecologically And Evolutionarily Relevant Studies of Immune Costs.Evolutionary ecology · 2023Article
- SARS-CoV-2 and West Nile Virus Prevalence Studies in Raccoons and Raccoon Dogs from Germany.Viruses · 2022Article
- Noninvasively measured immune responses reflect current parasite infections in a wild carnivore and are linked to longevity.Ecology and evolution · 2021Article
- Herd immunity drives the epidemic fadeout of avian cholera in Arctic-nesting seabirds.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Exposure of breeding albatrosses to the agent of avian cholera: dynamics of antibody levels and ecological implications.Oecologia · 2019Article
- Livestock abundance predicts vampire bat demography, immune profiles and bacterial infection risk.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2018Article
- Mathematical Models for Immunology: Current State of the Art and Future Research Directions.Bulletin of mathematical biology · 2016Review
- Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Seagull Chicks Is Related to the Consumption of Freshwater Food Resources.PloS one · 2016Article
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Abstract
Eco-immunology seeks evolutionary explanations for the tremendous variation in immune defense observed in nature. Assays to quantify immune phenotypes often are crucial to this endeavor. To this end, we suggest that more use could (and arguably should) be made of the veterinary and clinical serological toolbox. For example, measuring the magnitude and half-life of parasite-specific antibodies across a range of host taxa may provide new ways of testing theories in eco-immunology. Here, we suggest that antibody assays developed in veterinary and clinical immunology and epidemiology provide excellent tools--or at least excellent starting points for development of tools--for tests of such hypotheses. We review how such assays work and how they may be optimized for new questions and new systems in eco-immunology. We provide examples of the application of such tools to eco-immunological studies of seabirds and mammals, and suggest a decision-tree to aid development of assays. We expect that addition of such tools to the eco-immunological toolbox will promote progress in the field and help elucidate how immune systems function and why they vary in nature.
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