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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...
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. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2021
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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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