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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Main Authors: Guy Caljon, Reta Duguma, Reginald De Deken, Stijn Schauvliege, Frank Gasthuys, Luc Duchateau, Jan Van Den Abbeele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-05-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4031185?pdf=render