Rodent trypanosomes: their conflict with the immune system of the host

Abstract

Rodent trypanosome infections provide the opportunity to study major phenomena that are displayed in many parasite-host combinations and, therefore, the chance to contribute to the elucidation of those phenomena. Here, Julia and Joseph Albright focus on the immune responses to rodent trypanosomes and on the tricks the parasites play to minimize the effects of those responses.