Barrier in mosquito midgut protects invading pathogens

Barrier in mosquito midgut protects invading pathogens
Scientists studying the Anopheles gambiae mosquito – the main vector of malaria – have found that when the mosquito takes a blood meal, that act triggers two enzymes to form a network of crisscrossing proteins around the ingested blood. The formation of this protein barrier, the researchers found, is part of the normal digestive process that allows so-called “healthy” or commensal gut bacteria …

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