How does the dinoflagellate parasite Hematodinium outsmart the immune system of its crustacean hosts?

Andrew F Rowley; Amanda L Smith; Charlotte E Davies

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004724

How does the dinoflagellate parasite Hematodinium outsmart the immune system of its crustacean hosts?

PLoS Pathog. 2015 May 7;11(5):e1004724. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004724. eCollection 2015 May.

Authors

Andrew F Rowley¹, Amanda L Smith¹, Charlotte E Davies¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biosciences, College of Science, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Brachyura / immunology*
Brachyura / parasitology
Crustacea / classification
Crustacea / parasitology*
Dinoflagellida / physiology*
Host-Parasite Interactions
Immune System*
Protozoan Infections / immunology*
Protozoan Infections / parasitology
Shellfish / parasitology*

Grants and funding

The original studies reported in this article were partially funded by the ERDF Interreg IVA, Ireland Wales Programme grant, Susfish. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.