Molecular detection of Trypanosoma sp. and Blastocrithidia sp. (Trypanosomatidae) in phlebotomine sand flies (Psychodidae) in the Federal District of Brazil

Molecular detection of Trypanosoma sp. and Blastocrithidia sp. (Trypanosomatidae) in phlebotomine sand flies (Psychodidae) in the Federal District of Brazil

Abstract: INTRODUCTION : This study describes the occurrence of trypanosomatids in phlebotomines in Brasília, Brazil. METHODS : Two hundred and ten females of 13 sand fly species were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using different molecular markers (D7 24Sα rRNA, kDNA, and ITS1) and s...

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Main Authors: Tauana de Sousa Ferreira, Thaís Tâmara Castro Minuzzi-Souza, Andrey José de Andrade, Thais Oliveira Coelho, Douglas de Almeida Rocha, Marcos Takashi Obara, Mariana Hecht, Nadjar Nitz, Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2015-12-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
PCR
Trypanosomatids
Phlebotominae.
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