Arthropod Vectors and Disease Transmission: Translational Aspects

IgE Anti-LJM11 Sand Fly Salivary Antigen May Herald the Onset of Fogo Selvagem in Endemic Brazilian Regions

(2015) Ye Qian et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

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

(2015) Karina Mondragon-Shem et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Description of a Nanobody-based Competitive Immunoassay to Detect Tsetse Fly Exposure

(2015) Guy Caljon et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

ExploringAnophelesgut bacteria forPlasmodiumblocking activity

(2014) Ana C. Bahia et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Tick Salivary Protein Sialostatin L2 Inhibits Caspase-1-Mediated Inflammation during Anaplasma phagocytophilum Infection

(2014) G. Chen et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Chromobacterium Csp_P Reduces Malaria and Dengue Infection in Vector Mosquitoes and Has Entomopathogenic and In Vitro Anti-pathogen Activities

(2014) Jose Luis Ramirez et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Enterobacter-Activated Mosquito Immune Responses to Plasmodium Involve Activation of SRPN6 in Anopheles stephensi

(2013) Abraham G. Eappen et al.   PLoS One

Wolbachia Invades Anopheles stephensi Populations and Induces Refractoriness to Plasmodium Infection

(2013) G. Bian et al.   SCIENCE

Apical membrane antigen 1 mediates apicomplexan parasite attachment but is dispensable for host cell invasion

(2013) Daniel Y. Bargieri et al.   Nature Communications

Triatomine Infestation in Guatemala: Spatial Assessment after Two Rounds of Vector Control

(2012) Jennifer Manne et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

The Tick Salivary Protein Sialostatin L Inhibits the Th9-Derived Production of the Asthma-Promoting Cytokine IL-9 and Is Effective in the Prevention of Experimental Asthma

(2012) H. Horka et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Fighting malaria with engineered symbiotic bacteria from vector mosquitoes

(2012) S. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Salivary Antigen SP32 Is the Immunodominant Target of the Antibody Response to Phlebotomus papatasi Bites in Humans

(2012) Soumaya Marzouki et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

The Immune Response to Sand Fly Salivary Proteins and Its Influence on Leishmania Immunity

(2012) Regis Gomes et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Pathogenesis of Chagas' Disease: Parasite Persistence and Autoimmunity

(2011) A. R. L. Teixeira et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Immunological consequences of arthropod vector-derived salivary factors

(2011) Wolfgang W. Leitner et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Nucleosides from Phlebotomus papatasi Salivary Gland Ameliorate Murine Collagen-Induced Arthritis by Impairing Dendritic Cell Functions

(2011) Vanessa Carregaro et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Relationship between Exposure to Vector Bites and Antibody Responses to Mosquito Salivary Gland Extracts

(2011) Albin Fontaine et al.   PLoS One

Natural Microbe-Mediated Refractoriness to Plasmodium Infection in Anopheles gambiae

(2011) C. M. Cirimotich et al.   SCIENCE

The crystal structures of two salivary cystatins from the tick Ixodes scapularis and the effect of these inhibitors on the establishment of Borrelia burgdorferi infection in a murine model

(2010) Michalis Kotsyfakis et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Discovery of Markers of Exposure Specific to Bites of Lutzomyia longipalpis, the Vector of Leishmania infantum chagasi in Latin America

(2010) Clarissa Teixeira et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Trypanosoma brucei Modifies the Tsetse Salivary Composition, Altering the Fly Feeding Behavior That Favors Parasite Transmission

(2010) Jan Van Den Abbeele et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Stable Introduction of a Life-Shortening Wolbachia Infection into the Mosquito Aedes aegypti

(2009) C. J. McMeniman et al.   SCIENCE