The answer lies in how infected individuals invest into controlling pathogen proliferation and mitigating damage, two strategies respectively called resistance and disease tolerance. Pathogen ...

The bacterial host response is the process by which the host interacts with, and responds to, bacteria that colonize or infect it. This includes defense mechanisms such as the immune response.

The parasite host response is the process by which a host interacts with and responds to parasites that it encounters. It includes various mechanisms, including immune mechanisms that are elicited ...

A component found in all fungi may provide a shield against flu-related lung damage, according to a new study.

The following is a summary of “NTHi killing activity is reduced in COPD patients and is associated with a differential ...

Study on Drosophilidae shows positive correlations in viral susceptibility, highlighting evolutionary trends that may predict ...

A fungal infection has been shown to trigger a fruit fly's own immune system to destroy brain cells, leading to signs of ...

Researchers say study provides sufficient rationale to further explore the therapeutic uses of SSRIs during infection.

A fungal infection has been shown to trigger a fruit fly's own immune system to destroy brain cells leading to signs of neurodegeneration, a new study has found.

Recent evidence supports a genetic susceptibility of the host for amoebiasis ... strategy has been formulated so that a maximum vaccine response against amoebiasis in an animal model may be ...

ENA Respiratory, a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing antiviral host defense immune enhancers to minimize the impact of respiratory viral infections in at-risk populations, announces ...