(Medical Xpress)—In feudal-age Japan, cunning, unorthodox mercenaries known as ninjas were notorious for using disguise, deception, and stealth to infiltrate enemy fortifications. In the world of modern parasites, certain organisms—dubbed "ninja parasites" by Professor Timothy Yoshino—use similar tactics, in a biological and chemical sense, to trick their way past the immune systems of their hosts.
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