Serological responses and biomarker evaluation in mice and pigs exposed to tsetse fly bites.
BACKGROUND: Tsetse flies are obligate blood-feeding insects that transmit African trypanosomes responsible for human sleeping sickness and nagana in livestock. The tsetse salivary proteome contains a highly immunogenic family of the endonuclease-like Tsal proteins. In this study, a recombinant versi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-05-01
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Series: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4031185?pdf=render |