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Review
. 2013 Aug 30:4:255.
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00255. eCollection 2013.

Is arthropod saliva the achilles' heel of vector-borne diseases?

Wolfgang W Leitner  1 , Tonu Wali, Adriana Costero-Saint Denis
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Review

Is arthropod saliva the achilles' heel of vector-borne diseases?

Wolfgang W Leitner et al. Front Immunol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Lyme disease; arthropod saliva; dengue; immunomodulation; leishmaniasis; malaria; vaccine; vector-borne disease.

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