Examples of References of Interest
The below list represents examples of select articles of interest to the vector immunology research community. This list will be updated regularly and is limited to articles published by NIAID scientists and National Institutes of Health-funded researchers.
Cirimotich CM et al. (2011). Natural microbe-mediated refractoriness to Plasmodium infection in Anopheles gambiae. Science 332(6031): 855-8.
Gomes R and Oliveira F (2012). The immune response to sand fly salivary proteins and its influence on leishmania immunity. Front Immunol 3: 110.
Heinze DM et al. (2012). Early immunologic events at the tick-host interface. PLoS One 7(10): e47301.
Ribeiro JM and Francischetti IM. (2003). Role of arthropod saliva in blood feeding: sialome and post-sialome perspectives. Annu Rev Entomol 48: 73-88.
Tsujimoto H et al. (2012). Simukunin from the salivary glands of the black fly Simulium vittatum inhibits enzymes that regulate clotting and inflammatory responses. PLoS One 7(2): e29964.
Weiss B and Aksoy S. (2011). Microbiome influences on insect host vector competence. Trends Parasitol 27(11): 514-22.