The insect vector always bites twice

(1) The EpiVect (épidémiologie des vecteurs) programme is coordinated by the EpiPrev “Epidémiologie et prévention : environnement et efficacité des interventions (Epiprev)“ of IRD research unit UR 024. It involves research scientists of several disciplines (immunoloy, biology, epidemiology and entomology).
Site: http://www.mpl.ird.fr/epiprev/

(2) This work is the fruit of the thesis in pharmacy of Anne Poinsignon, successfully presented in January 2006 and for which the rearcher was awarded the Anofel Prize of the Association Française des Enseignants et Praticiens hospitaliers titulaires de Parasitologie et de Mycologie Médicale, in March 2006.

Key-words: insect vectors, antibodies, salivary proteins, EPIVECT, prevention.

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Contacts:

François Simondon – IRD UR 024 “Epidémiologie et prévention“ (Epiprev), 34394 Montpellier, France. Tel. +33 (0)4 67 41 61 62.
E-mail:

Anne Poinsignon and Franck Remoué – IRD UR 024 “Epidémiologie et prévention“ (Epiprev), Route des Pères Maristes, BP 1386, 18524

Dakar, Senegal. Tel. +221 849 35 55

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Contacts IRD Communication: Marie Guillaume-Signoret (coordinating editor); Tel.: 01 48 03 76 07, E-mail: ; Press office, Tel.: +33 (0)1 48 03 75 19, E-mail:

References:

Franck Remoue, Badara Cisse, Fatou Ba, Cheikh Sokhna, Jean-Pierre Herve, Denis Boulanger, François Simondon – Evaluation of the antibody response to Anopheles salivary antigens as a potential marker of risk of malaria, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2006 (100), p. 363-370.

Anne Poinsignon, Sylvie Cornélie, Franck Remoue, Pascal Grébaut, David Courtin, André Garcia and François Simondon – Human/vector relationships during human african trypanosomiasis : initial screening of immunogenic salivary proteins of Glossina species, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2007, 76, 327-333.