Identification of Secreted Proteins Involved in Nonspecific dsRNA-Mediated Lutzomyia longipalpis LL5 Cell Antiviral Response

Hematophagous insects transmit infectious diseases.Sand flies are vectors of leishmaniasis, but can also transmit viruses.We have been studying immune responses of Lutzomyia longipalpis, the main vector Shower Caps of visceral leishmaniasis in the Americas.We identified a non-specific antiviral response in L.longipalpis LL5 embryonic cells when tre

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