The goals of this project are to characterize the cellular and humoral immune responses of medically important arthropod disease vectors (ticks and fleas) and to determine how these responses influence the interaction between arthropods and the bacterial pathogens they transmit.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Type
Intramural Research (Z01)
Project #
1Z01AI000797-01
Application #
6160789
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (LMSF)
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
1997
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
City
State
Country
United States
Zip Code
Chu, Hencelyn; Slepenkin, Anatoly; Elofsson, Mikael et al. (2010) Candidate vaginal microbicides with activity against Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseriagonorrhoeae. Int J Antimicrob Agents 36:145-50