Human antibody reaction against recombinant salivary proteins of Phlebotomus orientalis in Eastern Africa.

• Main Authors: Petra Sumova (Author), Michal Sima (Author), Tatiana Spitzova (Author), Maha E Osman (Author), Anderson B Guimaraes-Costa (Author), Fabiano Oliveira (Author), Dia-Eldin A Elnaiem (Author), Asrat Hailu (Author), Alon Warburg (Author), Jesus G Valenzuela (Author), Petr Volf (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Phlebotomus orientalis is a vector of Leishmania donovani, the causative agent of life threatening visceral leishmaniasis spread in Eastern Africa. During blood-feeding, sand fly females salivate into the skin of the host. Sand fly saliva contains a large variety of pr...