A novel MALDI-TOF MS-based method for blood meal identification in insect vectors: A proof of concept study on phlebotomine sand flies

BACKGROUND: Identification of blood sources of hematophagous arthropods is crucial for understanding the transmission cycles of vector-borne diseases. Many different approaches towards host determination were proposed, including precipitin test, ELISA, DNA- and mass spectrometry-based methods; yet a...

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Autores principales: Hlavackova, Kristyna, Dvorak, Vit, Chaskopoulou, Alexandra, Volf, Petr, Halada, Petr
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6733444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31498786
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007669

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6733444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31498786
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007669

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