Different Host Complement Systems and Their Interactions with Saliva from Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera, Psychodidae) and Leishmania infantum Promastigotes

BACKGROUND: Lutzomyia longipalpis is the vector of Leishmania infantum in the New World, and its saliva inhibits classical and alternative human complement system pathways. This inhibition is important in protecting the insect´s midgut from damage by the complement. L. longipalpis is a promiscuous b...

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Autores principales: Mendes-Sousa, Antonio Ferreira, Nascimento, Alexandre Alves Sousa, Queiroz, Daniel Costa, Vale, Vladimir Fazito, Fujiwara, Ricardo Toshio, Araújo, Ricardo Nascimento, Pereira, Marcos Horácio, Gontijo, Nelder Figueiredo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3821853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24255715
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079787

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