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INSIGHTS INTO THE SAND FLY SALIVA: BLOOD-FEEDING AND IMMUNE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SAND FLIES, HOSTS, AND LEISHMANIA
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Charles University. Faculty of Science. Department of Parasitology. Prague, Czech Republic
Charles University. Faculty of Science. Department of Parasitology. Prague, Czech Republic
Charles University. Faculty of Science. Department of Parasitology. Prague, Czech Republic
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Charles University. Faculty of Science. Department of Parasitology. Prague, Czech Republic
Charles University. Faculty of Science. Department of Parasitology. Prague, Czech Republic
Charles University. Faculty of Science. Department of Parasitology. Prague, Czech Republic
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Charles University. Faculty of Science. Department of Parasitology. Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract
Leishmaniases are parasitic diseases present worldwide that are transmitted to the vertebrate host by the bite of an infected sand fly during a blood feeding. Phlebotomine sand flies inoculate into the mammalian host Leishmania parasites embedded in promastigote secretory gel (PSG) with saliva, which is composed of a diverse group of molecules with pharmacological and immunomodulatory properties.
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