Molecular characterization of Swiss Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) and evaluation of real-time PCR assays for the identification of Culicoides biting midges

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 184, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 258-266

  Wenk, Claudia E ^a   Kaufmann, Christian ^a   Schaffner, Francis ^a   Mathis, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Barcode; Cryptic species; Culicoides; Real time PCR; Specificity; Vector identification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRICHOPOGON; BRACHYPOGON; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES; CULICOIDES CHIOPTERUS; CULICOIDES DELTUS; CULICOIDES DEWULFI; CULICOIDES GRISESCENS; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES LUPICARIS; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES PULICARIS; CULICOIDES SCOTICUS; DASYHELEA; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; FORCIPOMYIA; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HAPLOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL CYTOCHROME OXIDASE I GENE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERROMYIA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ATRICHOPOGON; BRACHYPOGON; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES CHIOPTERUS; CULICOIDES DEWULFI; CULICOIDES GRISESCENS; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES LUPICARIS; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES PULICARIS; CULICOIDES SCOTICUS; DASYHELEA; DIPTERA; FORCIPOMYIA; HEXAPODA; SERROMYIA;

EID: 84855921282     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.08.034     Document Type: Article

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