The protective effect against Leishmania infection conferred by sand fly bites is limited to short-term exposure

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 481-485

  Rohoušová, Iva ^a   Hostomská, Jitka ^a   Vlková, Michaela ^a   Kobets, Tetyana ^b   Lipoldová, Marie ^b   Volf, Petr ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anti saliva IgG; BALB c mouse model; Leishmania major; Phlebotomus duboscqi; Protection against Leishmania; Repeated exposure

Indexed keywords

FLY; LEISHMANIASIS; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN; SALIVA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; INSECT BITE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PSYCHODIDAE; SALIVA;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHLEBOTOMUS; SALIVA; TIME FACTORS;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MUS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS DUBOSCQI;

EID: 79952706140     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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