A New Method for Forensic DNA Analysis of the Blood Meal in Chagas Disease Vectors Demonstrated Using Triatoma infestans from Chuquisaca, Bolivia

BACKGROUND: Feeding patterns of the vector are important in the epidemiology of Chagas disease, the leading cause of heart disease in Latin America. Chagas disease is caused by the parasite, Trypanasoma cruzi, which is transmitted by blood feeding insects. Historically, feeding behaviours of haemato...

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Autores principales: Pizarro, Juan Carlos, Stevens, Lori
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2570791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18974787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003585

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2570791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18974787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003585

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