A study of host preference in tsetse flies using a modified heteroduplex PCR-based method

Acta Tropica

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-120

  Njiokou, F ^a,b   Simo, G ^a,c   Mbida Mbida, A ^a   Truc, P ^a,d   Cuny, G ^e   Herder, S ^e  

^a Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endemies en Afrique Centrale Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c Inst Rech Med d'Etud Plantes M   (Cameroon)

^d Inst de Rech Agric Pour Le Devmt   (Cameroon)

^e 34398 Cedex 5   (France)

Author keywords

Bloodmeals; Glossina spp.; Heteroduplex analysis; PCR; Wild animals

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; HOST PREFERENCE; TSETSE FLY; WILD POPULATION;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CAMEROON; DNA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TSETSE FLIES;

ANIMALIA; GLOSSINA (PROPER); GLOSSINA PALPALIS; GLOSSINA PALPALIS PALPALIS; TRAGELAPHUS; TRAGELAPHUS SPEKII;

EID: 3242662785     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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