Antigenic similarity between the mosquito vectors of malaria and filariasis.
Rabbit antisera were raised to the malaria vector Anopheles tessellatus, head-thorax, abdomen, and midgut preparations. Reactivity of the antisera with An. tessellatus and the filariasis vector, Culex quinquefasciatus, were examined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Western blots. Although many antigens were shared between the two species of mosquitoes, tissue- and species-specific antigens also were identified.
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Malaria and Vector Biology Laboratories, Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
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D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000276:immunology*; D000941:Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D003465:Culex / Q000276:immunology*; D004605:Elephantiasis, Filarial / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000276:immunology*; D008288:Malaria / Q000635:transmission*; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000502:physiology; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000502:physiology
D000941:Antigens