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Carp express a form of fever

Actu-FARAH-VDP---Fievre-CarpeFish express a form of fever in response to infection. This can save their live. A study(1), lead by Professor Alain Vanderplasschen of the Laboratory of Immunology-Vaccinology at the University of Liège (FARAH), reveals that it is induced by the same molecule that triggers fever in humans.  

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(1) Conserved Fever Pathways across Vertebrates: A Herpesvirus Expressed Decoy TNF-a Receptor Delays Behavioral Fever in Fish, Cell Host & Microbe 21, 244–253, February 8, 2017 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2017.01.010

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