Aedes aegypti saliva contains a prominent 34-kDa protein that strongly enhances dengue virus replication in human keratinocytes

J Invest Dermatol. 2014 Jan;134(1):281-284. doi: 10.1038/jid.2013.251. Epub 2013 Jun 10.

Affiliations

¹ Laboratoire MIVEGEC, UMR CNRS 5290/IRD 224/UM1, Montpellier, France.
² Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Department of Medical Entomology, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
³ CPBS pour la Santé, CNRS-UMR 5236/UM1/UM2, Montpellier, France.
⁴ Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hôpital de l'Archet, CHU de Nice-Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis/Inserm U1065, Nice, France.
⁵ Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
⁶ Inserm, U844, Montpellier, France.
⁷ Laboratoire MIVEGEC, UMR CNRS 5290/IRD 224/UM1, Montpellier, France. Electronic address: dorothee.misse@ird.fr.

PMID: 23752041
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2013.251

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aedes / genetics*
Aedes / virology*
Animals
Dengue Virus / genetics*
Female
Humans
Keratinocytes / virology
Molecular Weight
Saliva / virology
Salivary Proteins and Peptides / genetics*
Virus Replication / genetics*

Substances

Salivary Proteins and Peptides