Helminth (IMAGE)

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Helminth

Caption

Pictured is a helminth parasite. When such a parasite infects mice, some of the signals that the animal's immune system produces to defend against it can activate a latent viral infection.

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D. Davesne/<a target="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heligmosomoides_polygyrus#mediaviewer/File:Heligmosomoides.jpg">Wikipedia</a>

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