When fever isn't the answer: Infected tadpoles cool themselves to fight viruses (IMAGE)

Eötvös Loránd University

When fever isn't the answer: Infected tadpoles cool themselves to fight viruses

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Researchers from ELTE Eötvös Loránd University and the HUN-REN Hungarian Research Network have now experimentally demonstrated that an ectothermic vertebrate infected with a virus actively seeks cooler, rather than warmer, environments to regulate its body temperature. 

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