Kinetics of antibody response in BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice bitten by Phlebotomus papatasi.

• Main Authors: Michaela Vlkova (Author), Iva Rohousova (Author), Jitka Hostomska (Author), Lucia Pohankova (Author), Lenka Zidkova (Author), Jan Drahota (Author), Jesus G Valenzuela (Author), Petr Volf (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Phlebotomine sand flies are blood-sucking insects transmitting Leishmania parasites. In bitten hosts, sand fly saliva elicits specific immune response and the humoral immunity was shown to reflect the intensity of sand fly exposure. Thus, anti-saliva antibodies were suggested as the pote...