Ectoparasite saliva proteins and apparatus to collect such proteins

An isolated nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of:

• (a) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:90, SEQ ID NO:94, SEQ ID NO:101, SEQ ID NO:105, SEQ ID NO:112, SEQ ID NO:115, and SEQ ID NO:119;
• (b) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a homologue of a flea nucleic acid sequence of (a), wherein said homologue encodes a protein comprising at least 6 contiguous amino acids of an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:112, SEQ ID NO:115 and SEQ ID NO:119, wherein said protein elicits an antibody response against a protein encoded by a nucleic acid sequence of (a);
• (c) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a homologue of a flea nucleic acid sequence of (a), wherein said homologue comprises at least 18 contiguous nucleotides of the coding region of a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:89, SEQ ID NO:92, SEQ ID NO:95, SEQ ID NO:97, SEQ ID NO:100, SEQ ID NO:103, SEQ ID NO:106, SEQ ID NO:111, SEQ ID NO:114, SEQ ID NO:117, and SEQ ID NO:120, wherein said homologue encodes a protein that elicits an antibody response against a protein encoded by a nucleic acid sequence of (a);
• and,
• (d) a nucleic acid molecule that is fully complementary to any of said nucleic acid molecules of (a), (b) or (c).