<i>Phlebotomus papatasi</i> Antimicrobial Peptides in Larvae and Females and a Gut-Specific Defensin Upregulated by <i>Leishmania major</i> Infection
<i>Phlebotomus papatasi</i> is the vector of <i>Leishmania major</i>, causing cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Old World. We investigated whether <i>P. papatasi</i> immunity genes were expressed toward <i>L. major</i>, commensal gut microbes, or a combin...
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MDPI AG
2021
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