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Drosophila innate immunity goes viral

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Insects are capable of fighting viral infection even though they do not have B and T cells. Genetic analysis of drosophila C virus infection provides a glimpse of this unexplored area of innate immunity.

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Figure 1: Drosophila innate immune pathways.

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