Differences in the salivary effects of wild-caught versus colonized phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae) on the development of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in BALB/c Mice

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-79

  Ahmed, S Ben Hadj ^a,b   Chelbi, I ^a   Kaabi, B ^a   Cherni, S ^a   Derbali, M ^a   Zhioua, E ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GAFSA   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Leishmania major; Phlebotomus papatasi; Saliva; Vaccine; Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMUS; SALIVARY GLAND; SANDFLY FEVER; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS FEVER; SALIVARY GLANDS; ZOONOSES;

DIPTERA; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MUS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PSYCHODIDAE; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 75149113735     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.047.0110     Document Type: Article

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