Nuclear and Wolbachia-based multimarker approach for the rapid and accurate identification of tsetse species

Nuclear and Wolbachia-based multimarker approach for the rapid and accurate identification of tsetse species

Abstract Background Tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae) are solely responsible for the transmission of African trypanosomes, causative agents of sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in livestock. Due to the lack of efficient vaccines and the emergence of drug resistance, vector control approaches...

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Main Authors: Antonios A. Augustinos, Irene K. Meki, Guler Demirbas-Uzel, Gisele M. S. Ouédraogo, Aggeliki Saridaki, George Tsiamis, Andrew G. Parker, Adly M. M. Abd-Alla, Kostas Bourtzis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Subjects:
Glossina
Sterile insect technique
Internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1)
Integrative taxonomy
Symbiosis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-018-1295-4

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