Mosquito saliva alone has profound effects on the human immune system.

• Main Authors: Megan B Vogt (Author), Anismrita Lahon (Author), Ravi P Arya (Author), Alexander R Kneubehl (Author), Jennifer L Spencer Clinton (Author), Silke Paust (Author), Rebecca Rico-Hesse (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Mosquito saliva is a very complex concoction of >100 proteins, many of which have unknown functions. The effects of mosquito saliva proteins injected into our skin during blood feeding have been studied mainly in mouse models of injection or biting, with many of these systems producing results th...