Fever and Survival
- 11 April 1975
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 188 (4184), 166-168
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.188.4184.166
Abstract
The significance of fever in response to a bacterial infection has been investigated using the lizard Dipsosaurus dorsalis as an animal model. These lizards develop a fever of about 2°C after injec...Keywords
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