Skin and Arthropod Vectors

Dr. Nathalie Boulanger has been associate professor in parasitology at the University of Strasbourg, France, since 1995. For more than a decade, her research team has developed a project on skin and Lyme borreliosis. The research developed covers the main aspects of the interaction of arthropod vectors and the skin: role of arthropod saliva, skin microbiome, development of in vitro and in vivo models, applications of the topics to diagnostics and vaccine aspects, and more. Dr. Boulanger has received both Fulbright and Monahan grants and has past experience researching malaria and coccidiosis vaccines. She has teaching experience in zoology, public health, entomology, parasitology, and medical mycology.

1. Skin Immunity and Microbiome Nathalie Boulanger and Cédric Lenormand 2. Arthropods: Definition and Medical Importance Gérard Duvallet, Nathalie Boulanger and Vincent Robert 3. Impact of Skin Microbiome on Attractiveness to Arthropod Vectors and Pathogen Transmission Niels O. Verhulst, Nathalie Boulanger and Jeroen Spitzen 4. Arthropod Saliva and Its Role in Pathogen Transmission: Insect Saliva Mosquito Saliva, Skin, Allergy, and the Outcome of Malaria Infection—From Mice to Men Claudia Demarta-Gatsi, Salaheddine Mécheri and Richard E. Paul Role of Sand Fly Saliva on Leishmania Infection and the Potential of Vector Salivary Proteins as Vaccines Shadden Kamhawi, Jesus G. Valenzuela, Iliano V. Coutinho-Abreu, Cláudia Ida Brodskyn 5. Tick Saliva and Its Role in Pathogen Transmission Sarah Bonnet, Mária Kazimírová, Jennifer Richardson and Ladislav Šimo 6. Insect-Borne Pathogens and Skin Interface: Flagellate Parasites and Skin Interface Leishmaniasis Natalia Tavares, Léa Castellucci, Camila de Oliveira, Cláudia Brodskyn 7. Trypanosomiasis Dorien Mabille, Louis Maes, Guy Caljon 8. Skin and Other Pathogens: Malaria and Plague Emergence of a Skin Phase in Mammalian Malaria Pauline Formaglio, Laura Mac-Daniel, Rogerio Amino, Robert Ménard Yersinia Pestis and Plague Jeffrey G. Shannon 9. Insect-Borne Viruses and Host Skin Interface Christopher G. Mueller and Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau 10. Tick-Borne Bacteria and Host Skin Interface Quentin Bernard, Ema Helezen and Nathalie Boulanger 11. Tick-Borne Viruses and Host Skin Interface Mária Kazimírová, Pavlína Bartíková and Iveta Štibrániová 12. Skin and Arthropod-Borne Diseases: Applications to Vaccine and Diagnosis Live Vaccines Against Preerythrocytic Malaria: A Skin Issue? Laura Mac-Daniel, Rogerio Amino, Robert Ménard Lyme Vaccine: Borrelia and Tick as Targets to Identify Vaccine Candidates Against Lyme Borreliosis? Ema Helezen, Nathalie Boulanger 13. Tools to Decipher Vector-Borne Pathogen and Host Interactions in the Skin Pauline Formaglio, Joppe W. Hovius, Chetan Aditya, Joana Tavares, Lauren M.K. Mason, Robert Ménard, Nathalie Boulanger and Rogerio Amino