Humoral responses in Rhodnius prolixus: bacterial feeding induces differential patterns of antibacterial activity and enhances mRNA levels of antimicrobial peptides in the midgut

BACKGROUND: The triatomine, Rhodnius prolixus, is a major vector of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease in Latin America. It has a strictly blood-sucking habit in all life stages, ingesting large amounts of blood from vertebrate hosts from which it can acquire pathogenic microor...

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Autores principales: Vieira, Cecilia Stahl, Waniek, Peter J, Mattos, Débora P, Castro, Daniele P, Mello, Cícero B, Ratcliffe, Norman A, Garcia, Eloi S, Azambuja, Patrícia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4032158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885969
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-232

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