Leishmania development in sand flies: Parasite-vector interactions overview

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Dostálová, Anna ^a   Volf, Petr ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Innate immunity; Kinetoplastida; Lutzomyia; Peritrophic matrix; Phlebotomus; Proteolytic enzymes

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; LIPOPHOSPHOGLYCAN;

EPITHELIUM CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PSYCHODIDAE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; PSYCHODIDAE;

KINETOPLASTIDA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS DUBOSCQI; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84871772197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-276     Document Type: Review

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