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Dual effect of Lutzomyia longipalpis saliva on Leishmania braziliensis infection is mediated by distinct saliva-induced cellular recruitment into BALB/c mice ear

BACKGROUND: Leishmania parasites are transmitted to their vertebrate hosts by infected Phlebotomine sand flies during the blood meal of the flies. Sand fly saliva is known to enhance Leishmania spp. infection, while pre-exposure to saliva protects mice against parasitic infections. In this study, we...

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Autores principales: Carregaro, Vanessa, Costa, Diego Luis, Brodskyn, Claudia, Barral, Aldina Maria, Barral-Netto, Manuel, Cunha, Fernando Q, Silva, João Santana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3655920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23656976
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-13-102