Bacterial feeding, Leishmania infection and distinct infection routes induce differential defensin expression in Lutzomyia longipalpis

BACKGROUND: Phlebotomine insects harbor bacterial, viral and parasitic pathogens that can cause diseases of public health importance. Lutzomyia longipalpis is the main vector of visceral leishmaniasis in the New World. Insects can mount a powerful innate immune response to pathogens. Defensin peptid...

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Autores principales: Telleria, Erich L, Sant’Anna, Maurício R Viana, Alkurbi, Mohammad O, Pitaluga, André N, Dillon, Rod J, Traub-Csekö, Yara M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573903/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23311993
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-12

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