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Molecular xenomonitoring of Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens in mosquitoes from north-eastern Italy by real-time PCR coupled with melting curve analysis

BACKGROUND: Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens are transmitted by bloodsucking culicid mosquitoes belonging to Culex, Aedes, Ochlerotatus, Anopheles and Mansonia genera. The detection of filarioids in mosquitoes for assessing distribution of vectors and/or of pathogens in a given area (also...

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Autores principales: Latrofa, Maria Stefania, Montarsi, Fabrizio, Ciocchetta, Silvia, Annoscia, Giada, Dantas-Torres, Filipe, Ravagnan, Silvia, Capelli, Gioia, Otranto, Domenico
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3438040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22520170
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-5-76