Direct methods for detecting picorna-like virus from dead and alive Triatomine insects

In this work we report four different destructive and non-destructive methods for detecting picorna-like virus particles in triatomines. The methods are based on direct observation under transmission electron microscope and they consist of four ways to prepare samples of presumable infected material...

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Main Authors: GS Rozas Dennis, JL La Torre, OA Muscio, DMA Guérin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2000-06-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762000000300006