Sources of blood meals of sylvatic Triatoma guasayana near Zurima, Bolivia, assayed with qPCR and 12S cloning.

In this study we compared the utility of two molecular biology techniques, cloning of the mitochondrial 12S ribosomal RNA gene and hydrolysis probe-based qPCR, to identify blood meal sources of sylvatic Chagas disease insect vectors collected with live-bait mouse traps (also known as Noireau traps)....

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Main Authors: David E Lucero, Wilma Ribera, Juan Carlos Pizarro, Carlos Plaza, Levi W Gordon, Reynaldo Peña, Leslie A Morrissey, Donna M Rizzo, Lori Stevens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-12-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4256209?pdf=render