Severity of Old World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Is Influenced by Previous Exposure to Sandfly Bites in Saudi Arabia

BACKGROUND: The sandfly Phlebotomus papatasi is the vector of Leishmania major, the main causative agent of Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Saudi Arabia. Sandflies inject saliva while feeding and the salivary protein PpSP32 was previously shown to be a biomarker for bite exposure. Here we...

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Publicado en:PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Autores principales: Mondragon-Shem, Karina, Al-Salem, Waleed S., Kelly-Hope, Louise, Abdeladhim, Maha, Al-Zahrani, Mohammed H., Valenzuela, Jesus G., Acosta-Serrano, Alvaro
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4315490/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25646796
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003449
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