Host defense relies not only on microbicidal mechanisms (resistance), but also on management of collateral damage (tolerance). Here, we discuss how this immunology concept converges with a physiology-born theory on the dichotomy of thermometabolic responses in infection (fever versus hypothermia), yielding a model of immunity that transcends discipline barriers.
Keywords: fever; hypothermia; immunity; inflammation; resistance; tolerance.
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