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A wild mouse on the Isle of May.
A wild mouse being released following live-trapping on the Isle of May. The Isle of May, Scotland, is home to a population of wild mice (Mus musculus domesticus) which are naturally infected with the whipworm parasite Trichuris muris. As such, these wild mice allow us to conduct ecoimmunological studies, analysing immunity to whipworm infection in a multivariate environment. Further, given the wild host species, we can apply the full immunological power that is achievable in laboratory mouse studies. Our study describes context specific immune responses and allows the expansion of laboratory models of disease to a real world setting. Mair et al 2024
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