PCR detection of Dirofilaria immitis in Aedes aegypti and Culex pipiens from urban temperate Argentina

Parasitology Research

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 985-989

  Vezzani, Darío ^a,b   Mesplet, María ^b,c   Eiras, Diego F ^d,e   Fontanarrosa, María F ^d   Schnittger, Leonhard ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas Y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^d Laboratorio Diagnostico en Animales Pequenos Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^e FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGENTINA; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX PIPIENS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCHLEROTATUS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOROPHORA; RELIABILITY; URBAN AREA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CULEX; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; ONCHOCERCIDAE; PSOROPHORA; SPIRURIDA;

EID: 79956189201     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-2142-1     Document Type: Article

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