KSAC, a Defined Leishmania Antigen, plus Adjuvant Protects against the Virulence of L. major Transmitted by Its Natural Vector Phlebotomus duboscqi

Regis Gomes; Clarissa Teixeira; Fabiano Oliveira; Phillip G. Lawyer; Dia-Eldin Elnaiem; Claudio Meneses; Yasuyuki Goto; Ajay Bhatia; Randall F. Howard; Steven G. Reed; Jesus G. Valenzuela; Shaden Kamhawi

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001610

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KSAC, a Defined Leishmania Antigen, plus Adjuvant Protects against the Virulence of L. major Transmitted by Its Natural Vector Phlebotomus duboscqi

Regis Gomes,

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Clarissa Teixeira,

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Fabiano Oliveira,

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Phillip G. Lawyer,

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitic Disease, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Dia-Eldin Elnaiem,

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Eastern Shore University, Eastern Shore Maryland, Maryland, United States of America
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Claudio Meneses,

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Yasuyuki Goto,

Current address: Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Ajay Bhatia,

Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Randall F. Howard,

Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Steven G. Reed,

Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Jesus G. Valenzuela ,

* E-mail: jvalenzuela@niaid.nih.gov (JGV); skamhawi@niaid.nih.gov (SK)

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Shaden Kamhawi

* E-mail: jvalenzuela@niaid.nih.gov (JGV); skamhawi@niaid.nih.gov (SK)

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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KSAC, a Defined Leishmania Antigen, plus Adjuvant Protects against the Virulence of L. major Transmitted by Its Natural Vector Phlebotomus duboscqi

Regis Gomes,
Clarissa Teixeira,
Fabiano Oliveira,
Phillip G. Lawyer,
Dia-Eldin Elnaiem,
Claudio Meneses,
Yasuyuki Goto,
Ajay Bhatia,
Randall F. Howard,
Steven G. Reed

Published: April 3, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001610

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