[leish-l] Comments - Sand fly saliva

[Jeffrey Jon Shaw]

Dear Colleagues.

One of Leish-L's strengths is that it gathers subscribers from many 
different fields. However, I'm afraid we are perhaps not making full use of 
this. Posting small messages that draw attention to something you feel 
particularly interesting or important is one way of cross pollination 
between fields. We are a very special group. As such I think we should try 
to talk to each other more.

Good hunting in the New Year

With best wishes to you all

Jeffrey Shaw
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1. The following is both fascinating and with far reaching effects

There is an ever increasing interest in the immune modulation caused by 
sand fly saliva especially as a possible vaccine.

Two comments (Reithinger. 2001.Trends Parasitol. 17,513; Handman. 2001. 
Trends Parasitol. 17, 513-514) draw attention to the recent discovery that 
sensitization to sand fly saliva prior to infective bites protects against 
lesion formation ( Kamhawi et al. 2000. Science, 290, 1351-1354; Valenzuela 
et al. 2001. J.Exp.Med. 194,331-342).

2. An account of the WorldLeish II meeting (Trends Parasitol. 17, 403)