High-resolution melt analysis for the detection of a mutation associated with permethrin resistance in a population of scabies mites

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-88

  Pasay, C ^a,d   Arlian, L ^b   Morgan, M ^b   Vyszenski Moher, D ^b   Rose, A ^a   Holt, D ^c   Walton, S ^c   McCarthy, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

High resolution melt analysis; Knockdown resistance; Permethrin; Real time PCR; Scabies mite; Voltage gated sodium channel

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACARICIDE; BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MITE; MUTATION; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TIME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PERMETHRIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SODIUM CHANNELS; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; ASTIGMATA; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PSOROPTES CERVINUS; SARCOPTES; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SARCOPTIDAE;

EID: 41549109352     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00716.x     Document Type: Article

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