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Proteophosphoglycan confers Leishmania resistance to midgut digestive enzymes induced by blood feeding in vector sand flies

Nagila Secundino, nagila@cpqrr.fiocruz.br1, Nicola Kimblin, secundinon@niaid.nih.gov2, Phillip G. Lawyer, Phillip.Lawyer@amedd.army.mil3, Stephen Beverley, Beverly@borcim.wustl.edu4, Sam Turco, turco@email.uky.edu5, and David Sacks, dsacks@niaid.nih.gov2. (1) Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Laboratory of Medical Entomology, Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz-MG, Brazil, (2) NIAID, NIH, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, Bethesda, MD, (3) Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, Intracellular Parasite Biology Section, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, (4) Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Molecular Microbiology, Department of Molecular Microbiology, St. Louis, MO, (5) University of Kentucky Medical Center, Department of Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, Lexington, KY



Species 1: Diptera Psychodidae