A duplex real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of and differentiation between Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens in dogs and mosquitoes

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 185, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 181-185

  Latrofa, Maria Stefania ^a   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a   Annoscia, Giada ^a   Genchi, Marco ^b   Traversa, Donato ^c   Otranto, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Cox1; Culex pipiens; Dirofilaria immitis; Dirofilaria repens; ITS 2; Microfilariae; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE 1; DNA FRAGMENT; GENOMIC DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ADULT ANIMAL; AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DOG; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MELTING POINT; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOAD; PREDICTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CULEX PIPIENS; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS;

EID: 84858295861     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.10.038     Document Type: Article

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