Sand flies, Leishmania, and transcriptome-borne solutions

Parasitology International

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-5

  Oliveira, Fabiano ^a   Jochim, Ryan C ^a   Valenzuela, Jesus G ^a   Kamhawi, Shaden ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Midgut; Saliva; Salivary gland; Transmission blocking vaccine; Vector based vaccine

Indexed keywords

SALIVA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; PSYCHODIDAE; SALIVARY PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES;

PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 59249089702     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2008.07.004     Document Type: Review

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