Microsatellite markers from the Chagas disease vector, Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), and their applicability to Rhodnius species

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 381-385

  Harry, M ^a   Roose, C L ^a   Vautrin, D ^b   Noireau, F ^c,d   Romana C A ^c,e   Solignac, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Cross species amplification; Microsatellites; Rhodnius prolixus; Rhodnius robustus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHAGAS DISEASE; COLOMBIA; DISEASE CARRIER; GENE LIBRARY; GENE LOCUS; HEMIPTERA; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUVIIDAE; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS DOMESTICUS; RHODNIUS NASUTUS; RHODNIUS NEGLECTUS; RHODNIUS NEIVAI; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; RHODNIUS ROBUSTUS; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE VECTORS; GENE LIBRARY; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODNIUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HEMIPTERA; REDUVIIDAE; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS DOMESTICUS; RHODNIUS NASUTUS; RHODNIUS NEGLECTUS; RHODNIUS NEIVAI; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; RHODNIUS ROBUSTUS;

EID: 42649141619     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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