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Molecular mechanisms of insect immune memory and pathogen transmission

Fabio M Gomes1, Melissa Silva1, Alvaro Molina-Cruz2

  • 1Laboratório de Ultraestrutura Celular Hertha Meyer, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Plos Pathogens
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