Comparative Analysis of Salivary Gland Transcriptomes of Phlebotomus orientalis Sand Flies from Endemic and Non-endemic Foci of Visceral Leishmaniasis

Phlebotomus orientalis is the vector of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by Leishmania donovani in Northeast Africa. Immunization with sand fly saliva or with individual salivary proteins has been shown to protect against leishmaniasis in different hosts, warranting the intensive study of salivar...

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Main Authors: Vlkova, Michaela, Sima, Michal, Rohousova, Iva, Kostalova, Tatiana, Sumova, Petra, Volfova, Vera, Jaske, Erin L., Barbian, Kent D., Gebre-Michael, Teshome, Hailu, Asrat, Warburg, Alon, Ribeiro, Jose M. C., Valenzuela, Jesus G., Jochim, Ryan C., Volf, Petr
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3937273/