Canine Antibodies against Salivary Recombinant Proteins of Phlebotomus perniciosus: A Longitudinal Study in an Endemic Focus of Canine Leishmaniasis.

• Main Authors: Tatiana Kostalova (Author), Tereza Lestinova (Author), Petra Sumova (Author), Michaela Vlkova (Author), Iva Rohousova (Author), Eduardo Berriatua (Author), Gaetano Oliva (Author), Eleonora Fiorentino (Author), Aldo Scalone (Author), Marina Gramiccia (Author), Luigi Gradoni (Author), Petr Volf (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Phlebotomine sand flies are vectors of Leishmania parasites. During blood feeding, sand flies deposit into the host skin immunogenic salivary proteins which elicit specific antibody responses. These anti-saliva antibodies enable an estimate of the host exposure to sand flies and, in leish...