Different Host Complement Systems and Their Interactions with Saliva from Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera, Psychodidae) and Leishmania infantum Promastigotes

BACKGROUND: Lutzomyia longipalpis is the vector of Leishmania infantum in the New World, and its saliva inhibits classical and alternative human complement system pathways. This inhibition is important in protecting the insect´s midgut from damage by the complement. L. longipalpis is a promiscuous b...

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Main Authors: Mendes-Sousa, Antonio Ferreira, Nascimento, Alexandre Alves Sousa, Queiroz, Daniel Costa, Vale, Vladimir Fazito, Fujiwara, Ricardo Toshio, Araújo, Ricardo Nascimento, Pereira, Marcos Horácio, Gontijo, Nelder Figueiredo
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3821853/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24255715
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079787
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