Grischa Y. Chen

Jun 23, 2023 | science.org | Zhenzhen Wang |Queenie Chang |Grischa Y. Chen

AbstractAnimals evolved two defense strategies to survive infections. Antagonistic strategies include immune resistance mechanisms that operate to kill invading pathogens. Cooperative or physiological defenses mediate host adaptation to the infected state, limiting physiological damage and disease, without killing the pathogen, and have been shown to cause asymptomatic carriage and transmission of lethal pathogens.