The human immune response to saliva of Phlebotomus alexandri, the vector of visceral leishmaniasis in Iraq, and its relationship to sand fly exposure and infection - Lakhal-Naouar, Ines; Mukbel, Rami; DeFraites, Robert F.; Mody, Rupal M.; Massoud, Lina N.; Shaw, Dutchabong; Co, Edgie M.; Sherwood, Jeffrey E.; Kamhawi, Shaden; Aronson, Naomi E. (PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2021)
Keywords: Antibodies; Antibody response; Asymptomatic; Asymptomatic infection; Biology and Life Sciences; Bites; Cytokines; Defence mechanisms; Deployment; Development and progression; Diptera; Disease control; ELISA; Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Exocrine glands; Exposure; Health aspects; Immune response; Immune response (cell-mediated); Immune response (humoral); Immune system; Immunity; Immunology; Infections; Inflammation; Insect bites; Insects as carriers of disease; Interferon; Interleukin 10; Interleukin 13; Interleukin 17; Interleukin 6; Kala-azar; Leukocytes (mononuclear); Medicine and Health Sciences; Military personnel; Parasites; Parasitic diseases; Peripheral blood mononuclear cells; Physiological aspects; Research and Analysis Methods; Risk factors; Saliva; Salivary gland; Salivary glands; secretions; Transmission; Tropical diseases; Variance analysis; Vector-borne diseases; Visceral leishmaniasis; Iraq; United States--US