An insight into immunogenic salivary proteins of Anopheles gambiae in African children
Open Access
- 5 June 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Malaria Journal
- Vol. 6 (1) , 75
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-6-75
Abstract
During blood feeding, the mosquito injects saliva into the vertebrate host. This saliva contains bioactive components which may play a role in pathogen transmission and in host-vector relationships by inducing an immune response in the vertebrate host. The evaluation of human immune responses to arthropod bites might also represent a research direction for assessing individual exposure to the bite of a malaria vector.Keywords
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