The human immune response to saliva of Phlebotomus alexandri, the vector of visceral leishmaniasis in Iraq, and its relationship to sand fly exposure and infection

BACKGROUND: Sand fly saliva exposure plays an important role in immunity against leishmaniasis where it has mostly been associated with protection. Phlebotomus (Ph.) alexandri transmits Leishmania (L.) infantum, the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), in Iraq. Our group recently demonstr...

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Autores principales: Lakhal-Naouar, Ines, Mukbel, Rami, DeFraites, Robert F., Mody, Rupal M., Massoud, Lina N., Shaw, Dutchabong, Co, Edgie M., Sherwood, Jeffrey E., Kamhawi, Shaden, Aronson, Naomi E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8174707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34081700
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009378

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8174707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34081700
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009378

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