Figure 3. Anti-sand fly saliva antibody response in BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice experimentally bitten by Phlebotomus papatasi.
(A) Total protein profile, Coomassie blue-stained SDS-PAGE gel with P. papatasi salivary gland homogenate. (B) Western blot of P. papatasi salivary proteins recognized by IgG, IgG1, or IgG2b from sera of P. papatasi-bitten BALB/c (week 28) and C57BL/6 mice (week 5). Pre-immune sera of BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice were used as negative controls (Neg).