Sources of blood meals of sylvatic Triatoma guasayana near Zurima, Bolivia, assayed with qPCR and 12S cloning.

• Main Authors: David E Lucero (Author), Wilma Ribera (Author), Juan Carlos Pizarro (Author), Carlos Plaza (Author), Levi W Gordon (Author), Reynaldo Peña (Author), Leslie A Morrissey (Author), Donna M Rizzo (Author), Lori Stevens (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In this study we compared the utility of two molecular biology techniques, cloning of the mitochondrial 12S ribosomal RNA gene and hydrolysis probe-based qPCR, to identify blood meal sources of sylvatic Chagas disease insect vectors collected with live-bait mouse traps (also known as Noireau traps)....