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Evasion

Evasion

The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding. Thou . . . By evasions thy crime uncoverest more. (Milton)

Synonym: shift, subterfuge, shuffling, prevarication, equivocation.

Origin: L. Evasio: cf. F. Evasion. See evade.


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The Fiber Disease

... humans and animals. Cell-mediated and humoral immune responses have been demonstrated in human patients and in mice. Several mechanisms of immune evasion by R. seeberi have been identified. Summary: These findings are applicable in both clinical and laboratory practice, while the basic advances ...

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by tamtam
Mon Dec 11, 2006 3:34 pm
 
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The Fiber Disease

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by J Jill
Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:04 am
 
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The Fiber Disease

... 16,000-fold greater capacity to evade RES entrapment 24 hours post-injection as compared to the original phage [27]. But one concern is that since evasion of entrapment allows increased virulence for most pathogens, widespread use of such modified virus could make possible species jumping of the ...

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The Fiber Disease

... logic to associate the concept with variant glycoprotein like properties known from trypanosomiasis. The overal concept seems fine tuned towards evasion of the immune system (...) This idea is partially confirmed by the fact that filamentous "artifacts" are not or poorly recognized ...

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The Fiber Disease

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Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:42 am
 
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