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'Our findings add substantial detail to the role of mosquito salivary glands as the gateway organs for diseases spread by these insects,' says Deborah Andrew, M.S., Ph.D., professor of cell biology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
The major salivary glands Dataset Authoring Committee was composed of 8 pathologists from 6 countries, partly selected from the additional sponsoring organizations: North American Society of Head and Neck Pathology; American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology; the British Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology; and the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologists.
The salivary glands are affected by a variety of lesions which may be non-neoplastic such as inflammation (Sialadenitis), cysts or neoplastic which includes both benign and malignant tumours.
Saliva which is major secretion in the oral cavity of most vertebrates is produced by three pairs of major salivary glands (parotid, submandibular, sublingual) and approximately 600-1000 minor salivary glands located within labial, buccal, lingual mucosa.
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