Mosquito saliva enhances virus infection through sialokinin-dependent vascular leakage
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2114309119
Abstract: Significance An increasingly important group of infectious agents is viruses spread by mosquitoes. When infected mosquitoes bite people, they inject virus and saliva into the skin. The saliva is biologically active and helps the mosquito… read more here.
Keywords: mosquito saliva; sialokinin; saliva enhances; enhances virus ... See more keywords
Mosquito saliva alone has profound effects on the human immune system
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006439
Abstract: Mosquito saliva is a very complex concoction of >100 proteins, many of which have unknown functions. The effects of mosquito saliva proteins injected into our skin during blood feeding have been studied mainly in mouse… read more here.
Keywords: mosquito saliva; immune system; human immune; effects human ... See more keywords
The anti-immune dengue subgenomic flaviviral RNA is present in vesicles in mosquito saliva and is associated with increased infectivity
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011224
Abstract: Mosquito transmission of dengue viruses to humans starts with infection of skin resident cells at the biting site. There is great interest in identifying transmission-enhancing factors in mosquito saliva in order to counteract them. Here… read more here.
Keywords: mosquito saliva; anti immune; subgenomic flaviviral; dengue ... See more keywords
Innate Immune Response of Primary Human Keratinocytes to West Nile Virus Infection and Its Modulation by Mosquito Saliva
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DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00387
Abstract: West Nile Virus (WNV) is a flavivirus involved in many human infections worldwide. This arthropod-borne virus is directly co-inoculated with mosquito saliva through the epidermis and the dermis during blood meal. WNV starts replicating in… read more here.
Keywords: response; infection; inflammatory response; mosquito saliva ... See more keywords
Aedes Mosquito Salivary Components and Their Effect on the Immune Response to Arboviruses
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DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00407
Abstract: Vector-borne diseases are responsible for over a billion infections each year and nearly one million deaths. Mosquito-borne dengue virus, West Nile, Japanese encephalitis, Zika, Chikungunya, and Rift Valley Fever viruses constitute major public health problems… read more here.
Keywords: response; mosquito salivary; mosquito saliva; host ... See more keywords