In silico identification of a candidate synthetic peptide (Tsgf118-43) to monitor human exposure to tsetse flies in West Africa.

• Main Authors: Emilie Dama (Author), Sylvie Cornelie (Author), Mamadou Camara (Author), Martin Bienvenu Somda (Author), Anne Poinsignon (Author), Hamidou Ilboudo (Author), Emmanuel Elanga Ndille (Author), Vincent Jamonneau (Author), Philippe Solano (Author), Franck Remoue (Author), Zakaria Bengaly (Author), Adrien Marie Gaston Belem (Author), Bruno Bucheton (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: The analysis of humoral responses directed against the saliva of blood-sucking arthropods was shown to provide epidemiological biomarkers of human exposure to vector-borne diseases. However, the use of whole saliva as antigen presents several limitations such as problems of mass producti...