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

Soumaya Marzouki; Maha Abdeladhim; Chaouki Ben Abdessalem; Fabiano Oliveira; Beya Ferjani; Dana Gilmore; Hechmi Louzir; Jesus G. Valenzuela; Mélika Ben Ahmed

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001911

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

Soumaya Marzouki,

Affiliation Laboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infection, LR11IPT02, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisie
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Maha Abdeladhim,

Affiliation Laboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infection, LR11IPT02, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisie
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Chaouki Ben Abdessalem,

Affiliation Laboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infection, LR11IPT02, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisie
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Fabiano Oliveira,

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

Affiliation Laboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infection, LR11IPT02, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisie
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Dana Gilmore,

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

Affiliations Laboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infection, LR11IPT02, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisie, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisie
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Jesus G. Valenzuela,

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Mélika Ben Ahmed

* E-mail: melika.benahmed@pasteur.rns.tn

Affiliations Laboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infection, LR11IPT02, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisie, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisie
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Salivary Antigen SP32 Is the Immunodominant Target of the Antibody Response to Phlebotomus papatasi Bites in Humans

Soumaya Marzouki,
Maha Abdeladhim,
Chaouki Ben Abdessalem,
Fabiano Oliveira,
Beya Ferjani,
Dana Gilmore,
Hechmi Louzir,
Jesus G. Valenzuela,
Mélika Ben Ahmed

Published: November 29, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001911

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