Updating the salivary gland transcriptome of Phlebotomus papatasi (Tunisian strain): the search for sand fly-secreted immunogenic proteins for humans

Sand fly saliva plays an important role in both blood feeding and outcome of Leishmania infection. A cellular immune response against a Phlebotomus papatasi salivary protein was shown to protect rodents against Leishmania major infection. In humans, P. papatasi salivary proteins induce a systemic ce...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2012-11, Vol.7 (11), p.e47347-e47347
Hauptverfasser: Abdeladhim, Maha, Jochim, Ryan C, Ben Ahmed, Melika, Zhioua, Elyes, Chelbi, Ifhem, Cherni, Saifedine, Louzir, Hechmi, Ribeiro, José M C, Valenzuela, Jesus G
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