Meta-analysis of the Effects of Insect Vector Saliva on Host Immune Responses and Infection of Vector-Transmitted Pathogens: A Focus on Leishmaniasis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Ockenfels, Brittany ^a   Michael, Edwin ^a   McDowell, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INSECT PROTEIN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CULEX TARSALIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSECT; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; META ANALYSIS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VECTO SALIVA; VIRUS LOAD; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MICE; SALIVA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84920517938     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003197     Document Type: Article

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