“…The hemolymph bathes all other insect organs besides the salivary glands, so the presence of specific surface receptors at the external face of salivary glands could be considered a target for Phytomonas species, which ultimately attach to and invade that organ [6], [7]. Correspondingly, malaria parasites locate mosquito salivary glands by chemotaxis, suggesting the possibility that chemical component(s) can be identified and synthesized to block or suppress mosquito salivary gland invasion as a malaria transmission blocking strategy [66]. It is noteworthy to mention that laminin-binding proteins have been found on the surface of a variety of pathogens, including the protozoan parasites L. donovani
[21], [67], [68], T. cruzi
[19], [69], Plasmodium
[16], [24], [70], and Trichomonas
[71], [72]; fungi, such as Candida albicans
[73]–[75], Histoplasma capsulatum
[76], and Paracoccidioides
[77], as well as bacteria, like Staphylococcus
[78], Streptococcus
[78], [79], and Mycobacterium leprae
[80], [81].…”