Identification of flea blood meals using multiplexed real-time polymerase chain reaction targeting mitochondrial gene fragments

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 998-1003

  Woods, Michael E ^a   Montenieri, John A ^a   Eisen, Rebecca J ^a   Zeidner, Nordin S ^a   Borchert, Jeff N ^a   Laudisoit, Anne ^b,c,d   Babi, Nackson ^e   Atiku, Linda A ^e   Enscore, Russell E ^a   Gage, Kenneth L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEEDING; FLEA; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MULTIPLEXED REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; PLAGUE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; RATTUS RATTUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 66949175571     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.998     Document Type: Article

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