Immunity to Lutzomyia intermedia saliva modulates the inflammatory environment induced by Leishmania braziliensis.

• Hauptverfasser: Tatiana R de Moura (Verfasst von), Fabiano Oliveira (Verfasst von), Gabriele C Rodrigues (Verfasst von), Marcia W Carneiro (Verfasst von), Kiyoshi F Fukutani (Verfasst von), Fernanda O Novais (Verfasst von), José Carlos Miranda (Verfasst von), Manoel Barral-Netto (Verfasst von), Claudia Brodskyn (Verfasst von), Aldina Barral (Verfasst von), Camila I de Oliveira (Verfasst von)
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• Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: During blood feeding, sand flies inject Leishmania parasites in the presence of saliva. The types and functions of cells present at the first host-parasite contact are critical to the outcome on infection and sand fly saliva has been shown to play an important role in this setting. Herei...