Short report: Identification in triatomine vectors of feeding sources and Trypanosoma cruzi variants by heteroduplex assay and a multiplex miniexon polymerase chain reaction

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 303-305

  Bosseno, Marie France ^a   García, Luis Santos ^b   Baunaure, Françoise ^a   Gastelúm, Ezequiel Magallón ^c   Gutierrez, Margarita Soto ^c   Kasten, Felipe Lozano ^c   Dumonteil, Eric ^b   Brenière, Simone Frédérique ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ANIMAL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); RATTUS; TRIATOMA LONGIPENNIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MEXICO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33645821448     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.303     Document Type: Article

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