Lower galactosylation levels of the Lipophosphoglycan from Leishmania (Leishmania) major-like strains affect interaction with Phlebotomus papatasi and Lutzomyia longipalpis

Lower galactosylation levels of the Lipophosphoglycan from Leishmania (Leishmania) major-like strains affect interaction with Phlebotomus papatasi and Lutzomyia longipalpis

BACKGROUND Leishmania major is an Old World species causing cutaneous leishmaniasis and is transmitted by Phlebotomus papatasi and Phlebotomus duboscqi. In Brazil, two isolates from patients who never left the country were characterised as L. major-like (BH49 and BH121). Using molecular techniques,...

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Main Authors: Agna Cristina Guimarães, Paula Monalisa Nogueira, Soraia de Oliveira Silva, Jovana Sadlova, Katerina Pruzinova, Jana Hlavacova, Maria Norma Melo, Rodrigo Pedro Soares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2018-02-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
Leishmania major
like
lipophosphoglycan
host-parasite interaction
Phlebotomus papatasi
Lutzomyia longipalpis
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