Evaluation of the murine immune response to Xenopsylla cheopis flea saliva and its effect on transmission of Yersinia pestis.

• मुख्य लेखकों: Christopher F Bosio (लेखक), Austin K Viall (लेखक), Clayton O Jarrett (लेखक), Donald Gardner (लेखक), Michael P Rood (लेखक), B Joseph Hinnebusch (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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<h4>Background/aims</h4>Arthropod-borne pathogens are transmitted into a unique intradermal microenvironment that includes the saliva of their vectors. Immunomodulatory factors in the saliva can enhance infectivity; however, in some cases the immune response that develops to saliva from...