Salivary gland antigens of laboratory-bred Phlebotomus sergenti and their immunogenicity in human volunteers in laboratory condition

Arshad Veysi¹, Ahmad Reza Mahmoudi², Mohammad Reza Yaghoobi-Ershadi³, Mahmood Jeddi-Tehrani⁴, Yavar Rassi³, Alireza Zahraei-Ramazani³, Nasibeh Hosseini-Vasoukolaei⁵, Daem Roshani⁶, Mahboubeh Fatemi³, Ali Khamesipour⁷, Amir Ahmad Akhavan^3
1 Zoonoses Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical sciences, Sanandaj; Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
² Immunology Research Center, Institute of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
³ Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
⁴ Monoclonal Antibody Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
⁵ Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, Health Sciences Research Center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
⁶ Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
⁷ Center for Research and Training in Skin Diseases and Leprosy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Correspondence Address:
Ali Khamesipour
Center for Research and Training in Skin Diseases and Leprosy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Iran
Amir Ahmad Akhavan
Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Iran

Source of Support: This study was a part of project that was financially supported by School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical sciences (TUMS), (Proj. No. 95-02-27-31419) and the center for research and training in skin diseases and leprosy. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/1995-7645.273569