Validation of Recombinant Salivary Protein PpSP32 as a Suitable Marker of Human Exposure to Phlebotomus papatasi, the Vector of Leishmania major in Tunisia.

• मुख्य लेखकों: Soumaya Marzouki (लेखक), Wafa Kammoun-Rebai (लेखक), Jihene Bettaieb (लेखक), Maha Abdeladhim (लेखक), Saoussen Hadj Kacem (लेखक), Rania Abdelkader (लेखक), Sami Gritli (लेखक), Jomaa Chemkhi (लेखक), Hamide Aslan (लेखक), Shaden Kamhawi (लेखक), Afif Ben Salah (लेखक), Hechmi Louzir (लेखक), Jesus G Valenzuela (लेखक), Melika Ben Ahmed (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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BACKGROUND:During a blood meal, female sand flies, vectors of Leishmania parasites, inject saliva into the host skin. Sand fly saliva is composed of a large variety of components that exert different pharmacological activities facilitating the acquisition of blood by the insect. Importantly, protein...