Molecular genetics reveal that silvatic Rhodnius prolixus do colonise rural houses

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Fitzpatrick, Sinead ^a   Feliciangeli, Maria Dora ^b   Sanchez Martin, Maria J ^a   Monteiro, Fernando A ^c   Miles, Michael A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FLOW; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HOUSEHOLD; HYBRIDIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INSECT; INSECT GENETICS; INTROGRESSION; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; RHODNIUS ROBUSTUS; RURAL AREA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VENEZUELA; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOUSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; HOUSING; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RHODNIUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 48949118028     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000210     Document Type: Article

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