acquired resistance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofacquireandresistance
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acquire
verb[T]
uk/əˈkwaɪər/us/əˈkwaɪɚ/
to get or ...
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resistance
noun
uk/rɪˈzɪs.təns/us/rɪˈzɪs.təns/
the act of fighting against something that is attacking you, or refusing to ...
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(Definition ofacquireandresistancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Acquiredresistancein mice and rats after exposure to gamma-irradiated cercariae.
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Naturallyacquiredresistanceto ticks - a global view.
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The experimental results suggest thatacquiredresistanceto infection is an important factor determining epidemic behaviour.
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Testosterone depresses innate andacquiredresistanceto ticks in natural rodent hosts : a force for aggregated distributions of parasites.
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Population regulation in ticks : the role ofacquiredresistancein natural and unnatural hosts.
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Preliminary observations on the mechanism of naturallyacquiredresistance.
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If such is the case in human cancers, then the simultaneous administration of combinations of protease inhibitors may be more efficacious and might be expected to circumvent anyacquiredresistance.
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The inflammatory responses to tissue-bound eggs regress during chronic infection and this may influence the relationship betweenacquiredresistanceand egg burden.
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Antibodies are not the only effector elements of the immune system contributing toacquiredresistance.
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Such investigations could be important to the understanding of the mechanisms ofacquiredresistanceto trypanosome infections in cattle.
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Effects of preventive anthelmintic treatment onacquiredresistanceto gastrointestinal nematodes in naturally infected cattle.
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We therefore suspect thatacquiredresistanceto infection and its relationship with parasite burden (both current and past) is the key to understanding observed trends.
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The degree ofacquiredresistancewas assessed at two time points to see if it was influenced by delayed migration of the challenge.
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Moreover, when reduced feeding success had been induced, by vaccination with tick salivary gland extract or four successive infestations, implantation with testosterone partially reversed thatacquiredresistance.
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This suggests thatacquiredresistanceis insufficient in protecting fish against the parasite or the deleterious effects of infection in conditions where fish could not avoid the parasite.
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A major focus should be determining the mechanisms (signaling pathways, receptor-ligand interactions, activation and regulation of cellular interactions) ofacquiredresistanceand tick circumvention of host immune defenses.
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Antibodies linked to expression ofacquiredresistance.
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Schistosoma and related genera :acquiredresistancein mice.
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