A multiplex PCR assay that separates Rhodnius prolixus from members of the Rhodnius robustus cryptic species complex (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 751-758

  Pavan, M G ^a   Monteiro, F A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Chagas disease; Cytochrome b; Multiplex; Rhodnius

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME;

CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INSECT; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPATRY; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC LINE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; RHODNIUS ROBUSTUS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MITOCHONDRIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODNIUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

LATIN AMERICA;

HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; REDUVIIDAE; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; RHODNIUS ROBUSTUS;

EID: 34249872734     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01845.x     Document Type: Article

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