Leishmania chitinase facilitates colonization of sand fly vectors and enhances transmission to mice

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1363-1372

  Rogers, Matthew E ^a,d   Hajmová, Martina ^b   Joshi, Manju B ^c   Sadlova, Jovana ^b   Dwyer, Dennis M ^c   Volf, Petr ^b   Bates, Paul A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; PLASMID VECTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT BITE; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MIDGUT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE;

ANIMALS; CHITINASE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PSYCHODIDAE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ARTHROPODA; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; MUS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 43449132687     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2008.01132.x     Document Type: Article

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