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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5495
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-11-20
pubmed:abstractText
Despite the fact that Leishmania are transmitted exclusively by sand flies, none of the experimental models of leishmaniasis have established infection via sand fly bites. Here we describe a reproducible murine model of Leishmania major infection transmitted by Phlebotomus papatasi. Prior exposure of mice to bites of uninfected sand flies conferred powerful protection against Leishmania major that was associated with a strong delayed-type hypersensitivity response and with interferon-gamma production at the site of parasite delivery. These results have important implications for the epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis and suggest a vaccination strategy against this and possibly other vector-borne diseases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0036-8075
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
290
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1351-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11082061-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11082061-Dermis, pubmed-meshheading:11082061-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:11082061-Ear, pubmed-meshheading:11082061-Epidermis, pubmed-meshheading:11082061-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11082061-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11082061-Hypersensitivity, Delayed, pubmed-meshheading:11082061-Insect Bites and Stings, pubmed-meshheading:11082061-Insect Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:11082061-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:11082061-Interleukins, pubmed-meshheading:11082061-Leishmania major, pubmed-meshheading:11082061-Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous, pubmed-meshheading:11082061-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11082061-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:11082061-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:11082061-Phlebotomus, pubmed-meshheading:11082061-Saliva
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Protection against cutaneous leishmaniasis resulting from bites of uninfected sand flies.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article