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. 2013 Dec 18;17(3):284–293. doi: 10.1111/ele.12229

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Depiction of the possible topologies of the interaction between energy E, the immune system I and pathogens N. Energy from the reserves can be used directly to fuel immune proliferation or pathogen replication, or it can first be allocated to intermediate energy bins EI and EN that fuel proliferation and replication.