Validation of Recombinant Salivary Protein PpSP32 as a Suitable Marker of Human Exposure to Phlebotomus papatasi, the Vector of Leishmania major in Tunisia

Soumaya Marzouki; Wafa Kammoun-Rebai; Jihene Bettaieb; Maha Abdeladhim; Saoussen Hadj Kacem; Rania Abdelkader; Sami Gritli; Jomaa Chemkhi; Hamide Aslan; Shaden Kamhawi; Afif Ben Salah; Hechmi Louzir; Jesus G. Valenzuela; Melika Ben Ahmed

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003991

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Validation of Recombinant Salivary Protein PpSP32 as a Suitable Marker of Human Exposure to Phlebotomus papatasi, the Vector of Leishmania major in Tunisia

Soumaya Marzouki ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Soumaya Marzouki, Wafa Kammoun-Rebai

Affiliation Laboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infection, LR11IPT02, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
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Wafa Kammoun-Rebai ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Soumaya Marzouki, Wafa Kammoun-Rebai

Affiliation Laboratory of Medical Parasitology, Biotechnologies and Biomolecules, LR11IPT06, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
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Jihene Bettaieb,

Affiliations Laboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infection, LR11IPT02, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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Maha Abdeladhim,

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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Saoussen Hadj Kacem,

Affiliation Laboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infection, LR11IPT02, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
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Rania Abdelkader,

Affiliation Laboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infection, LR11IPT02, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
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Sami Gritli,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Charles Nicolle Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
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Jomaa Chemkhi,

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Epidemiology and Experimental Pathology, LR11IPT04, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
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Hamide Aslan,

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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Shaden Kamhawi,

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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Afif Ben Salah,

Affiliations Laboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infection, LR11IPT02, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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Hechmi Louzir,

Affiliations Laboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infection, LR11IPT02, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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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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Melika Ben Ahmed

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

Affiliations Laboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infection, LR11IPT02, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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Validation of Recombinant Salivary Protein PpSP32 as a Suitable Marker of Human Exposure to Phlebotomus papatasi, the Vector of Leishmania major in Tunisia

Soumaya Marzouki,
Wafa Kammoun-Rebai,
Jihene Bettaieb,
Maha Abdeladhim,
Saoussen Hadj Kacem,
Rania Abdelkader,
Sami Gritli,
Jomaa Chemkhi,
Hamide Aslan,
Shaden Kamhawi

Published: September 14, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003991

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