TWiP 53: Anti-saliva immunity - a podcast by Vincent Racaniello

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Vincent and Dickson discuss the finding that immunity to a sandfly salivary protein protects against fatal visceral leishmaniasis in hamsters.

Links for this episode:

• Immunity to a salivary protein protects against leishmaniasis (PNAS)


• Image of blood-fed Lutzomyia longipalpis (right) credit


• Short history of Leishmania vaccines


• Leishmania on TWiP #14


• Letters read on TWiP 53

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