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Towards development of a sand fly saliva-based vaccine against Leishmania major: A population genetics approach

Marcelo Ortigao, mortigao@nd.edu1, Iliano Coutinho-Abreu, coutinhoiv@yahoo.com.br1, Valdir Balbino, vbalbino@nd.edu1, Shaden Kamhawi, shamhawi@naiad.nih.gov2, Jesus G. Valenzuela, jvalenzuela@niaid.nih.gov3, Hanafi A. Hanafi, HanafiH@namru3.med.navy.mil4, David F. Hoel, HoelD@NAMRU3.med.navy.mil4, Mahmoud Abo-Shehada, mshehada@just.edu.jo5, Rami Mukbel, rmukbel@nd.edu1, and Mary Anne McDowell, mcdowell.11@nd.edu1. (1) University of Notre Dame, 243 Galvin Life Sciences Center, Notre Dame, IN, (2) Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, Intercellular Parasite Biology Section, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, (3) National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, Rockville, MD, (4) U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit # 3, Extension of Ramses Street, Adj. to Abbassia Fever Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, (5) Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan



Species 1: Diptera Psychodidae