Bloodmeal digestion and Leishmania major infections in Phlebotomus duboscqi: effect of carbohydrates inhibiting midgut lectin activity.

Abstract

The study supports the hypothesis that proteolytic activities of midgut proteases strongly influence the vector competence of sandflies.

Keywords

• Leishmania major
• Phlebotomus duboscqi
• bloodmeal
• carbohydrates
• galactosamine
• heparin
• lectin activity
• midgut
• proteases
• sandfly
• vector competence D-glucosamine
• glossina-morsitans
• papatasi
• trypsin
• sandflies
• galactosamine
• gut