The role of Leishmania proteophosphoglycans in sand fly transmission and infection of the mammalian host

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue JUN, 2012, Pages

  Rogers, Matthew E ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leishmania; Macrophage; Promastigote secretory gel; Proteophosphoglycan; Saliva; Sand fly; Transmission; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875782015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00223     Document Type: Article

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