Decapitation improves detection of Wolbachia pipientis (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) in Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes by the polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1103-1108

  Beckmann, J F ^a   Fallon, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex pipiens; mosquito; PCR inhibitor; Wolbachia; wPip1

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; DECAPITATION; HAMSTER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARD; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; CULEX; DECAPITATION; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WOLBACHIA;

ACHETA DOMESTICUS; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANOPHELES PUNCTIPENNIS; APIS MELLIFERA; COLEOPTERA; CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; JUNONIA COENIA; RICKETTSIALES; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 84866371332     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME12049     Document Type: Article

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