CRISPR/Cas9 Mutagenesis in Phlebotomus papatasi: the Immune Deficiency Pathway Impacts Vector Competence for Leishmania major
ABSTRACT Sand flies are the natural vectors for the Leishmania species that produce a spectrum of diseases in their mammalian hosts, including humans.Studies of sand fly/Leishmania interactions have been limited by the absence of genome editing techniques applicable to these insects.In this report, we adapted CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced