Immunology of a Transmissible Cancer Spreading among Tasmanian Devils

Devil facial tumor disease (DFTD) is a transmissible cancer that has killed most of the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrissii) population. Since the first case appeared in the mid-1990s, it has spread relentlessly across the Tasmanian devil's geographic range. As Tasmanian devils only exist in...

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Published in:	The Journal of immunology (1950) Vol. 195; no. 1; pp. 23 - 29
Main Authors:	Woods, Gregory M, Howson, Lauren J, Brown, Gabriella K, Tovar, Cesar, Kreiss, Alexandre, Corcoran, Lynn M, Lyons, A Bruce
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-07-2015
Subjects:	Animals Bites and Stings - immunology Bites and Stings - mortality Bites and Stings - pathology Carnivory CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes - immunology CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes - pathology CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes - immunology CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes - pathology Dendritic Cells - immunology Dendritic Cells - pathology Disease Transmission, Infectious Facial Neoplasms - immunology Facial Neoplasms - mortality Facial Neoplasms - pathology Female Histocompatibility Antigens Class I - genetics Histocompatibility Antigens Class I - immunology Killer Cells, Natural - immunology Killer Cells, Natural - pathology Male Marsupialia - immunology Mortality Schwann Cells - immunology Schwann Cells - pathology Tasmania Tasmania
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