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Implication of haematophagous arthropod salivary proteins in host-vector interactions

Albin Fontaine1, Ibrahima Diouf1, Nawal Bakkali1, Dorothée Missé2, Frédéric Pagès3, Thierry Fusai1, Christophe Rogier1,4 and Lionel Almeras1*

1 Unité de Parasitologie - UMR6236 - IFR48, Antenne Marseille de l'Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA), Le Pharo, BP 60109, 13 262 Marseille Cedex 07, France

2 Laboratoire de Génétique et Evolution des Maladies infectieuses, UMR 2724 CNRS/IRD, Montpellier, France

3 Unité d'Entomologie Médicale, Antenne Marseille de l'Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA), Le Pharo, BP 60109, 13 262 Marseille Cedex 07, France

4 Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, B.P. 1274, Ambohitrakely, 101 Antananarivo, Madagascar

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Parasites & Vectors 2011, 4:187 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-4-187

Published: 28 September 2011

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Anti-hemostatic and immunomodulatory salivary proteins in hematophagous arthropods. Known anti-hemostatic and immunomodulatory properties of salivary proteins from diverse hematophagous arthropods are presented.

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