Immune responses of bumblebee workers as a function of individual and colony age: senescence versus plastic adjustment of the immune function

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Disease ecology meets ecological immunology: understanding the links between organismal immunity and infection dynamics in natural populations (2011, background): “These selected studies are not intended as an exhaustive list, and the strength of the relationships between immune function and infection processes depends on the host species examined Host-pathogen system Topic Relevance of immune findings to infection ⁄ disease Representative publications African”
Phenoloxidase: a key component of the insect immune system (2012, background): “…development increased both the absolute and specific PO activity Yang et al. (2007) Bombus terrestris Aging Negative PO activity decreased with age Moret & Schmid-Hempel (2009) Aedes aegypti Nutritional status No relation No direction for males and females Moreno-Garcı́a et al. (2010) H.…”