Gut microbiota is essential in PGRP-LA regulated immune protection against Plasmodium berghei infection
Abstract Background Malaria remains to be one of the deadliest infectious diseases and imposes substantial financial and social costs in the world. Mosquitoes rely on the immune system to control parasite infection. Peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGRPs), a family of pattern-recognition receptor...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-01-01
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Series: | Parasites & Vectors |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3876-y |