Optimization of a semi-nested multiplex PCR to identify Plasmodium parasites in wild-caught Anopheles in Bolivia, and its application to field epidemiological studies

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 485-492

  Lardeux, Frédéric ^a,b   Tejerina, Rosenka ^a,b   Aliaga, Claudia ^a,b   Ursic Bedoya, Raul ^c   Lowenberger, Carl ^c   Chavez, Tamara ^b  

^a Institut de recherche pour le developpement Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^b Instituto Nacional de Laboratorios de Salud Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Bolivia; Entomology; PCR; Plasmodium; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BOLIVIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANOPHELES PSEUDOPUNCTIPENNIS; HEXAPODA; PLASMODIUM PARASITES; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 41949142146     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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