Techniques of DNA-studies on Prehispanic Ectoparasites (Pulex sp., Pulicidae, Siphonaptera) from Animal Mummies of the Chiribaya Culture, Southern Peru

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 53-58

  Dittmar, K ^a   Mamat, U ^b   Whiting, M ^a   Goldmann, T ^b   Reinhard, K ^c   Guillen, S ^d  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d The Bioanthropology Foundation Peru   (Peru)

Author keywords

aDNA; Animal mummies; Ectoparasites; Peru; Pulex sp.

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; DNA; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECTOPARASITE; FLEA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PERU; RACEMIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DOG; GENETICS; GUINEA PIG; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAVIA; CAVIA APEREA; PULEX; PULEX SIMULANS; PULICIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOGS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FLEAS; GUINEA PIGS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUMMIES; PERU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0042971575     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000900010     Document Type: Article

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