A method for the identification of guinea pig blood meal in the Chagas disease vector, Triatoma infestans

Kinetoplastid Biology and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Pizarro, Juan Carlos ^a,b   Lucero, David ^a   Stevens, Lori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Sucre   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BOLIVIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA EXTRACTION; FEEDING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GUINEA PIG; HOUSEHOLD; MEAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

EID: 33846891819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9292-6-1     Document Type: Article

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