Development and evaluation of real-time polymerase chain reaction assays to identify mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) bloodmeals originating from native Australian mammals

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-92

  Van Den Hurk, Andrew F ^a,b   Smith, Ina L ^b   Smith, Greg A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bloodmeal; Identification; Mosquito; PCR; Real time

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DIGESTION; EVALUATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; CULICIDAE; CYTOCHROMES B; DIGESTION; DNA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; MACROPUS AGILIS; MAMMALIA; PHALANGERIDAE; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS ALECTO; PTEROPUS CONSPICILLATUS; PTEROPUS POLIOCEPHALUS; PTEROPUS SCAPULATUS; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33847728707     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[85:DAEORP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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