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Handling "immunocompetence" in ecological studies: do we operate with confused terms?

SYSNO ASEP	0368607
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Handling "immunocompetence" in ecological studies: do we operate with confused terms?
Author(s)	Vinkler, Michal (UBO-W)_{RID, ORCID} Albrecht, Tomáš (UBO-W)_{RID, SAI, ORCID}
Number of authors	2
Source Title	Journal of Avian Biology. - : Wiley - ISSN 0908-8857 Roč. 42, č. 6 (2011), s. 490-493
Number of pages	4 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	DK - Denmark
Keywords	evolutionary ecology ; Passer domesticus ; immune responses
Subject RIV	EG - Zoology
R&D Projects	GA206/08/0640 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
	GA206/08/1281 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
	GAP505/10/1871 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
	LC06073 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
CEZ	AV0Z60930519 - UBO-W (2005-2011)
UT WOS	000298731400004
EID SCOPUS	84855320836
DOI	10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05499.x
Annotation	Immunocompetence is a term used in avian immunological ecology to refer to the ability of an individual to overcome potential parasite infections. However, there are multiple ecological definitions of this term currently used. This prevents much of the potential intellectual interchange between avian ecologists and immunologists, which decelerates the development of immunological ecology as a scientific discipline. In any individual host-parasite interrelationship the demands on host immunity are distinct and thus also the measurements of immunity in any particular case should be aimed differently. The term "immunocompetence" (defined as the ability to produce antiparasite or anti-antigen immune response) should be used as 0/1 character. The magnitude of a particular immune response (i.e. a continuous quantitative trait) should be referred to as "immune responsiveness". Both terms should be used only with respect to a certain parasite taxon or antigen studied.
Workplace	Institute of Vertebrate Biology
Contact	Hana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524
Year of Publishing	2012

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