Direct nucleic acid analysis of mosquitoes for high fidelity species identification and detection of Wolbachia using a cellphone.

• Hauptverfasser: Sanchita Bhadra (Verfasst von), Timothy E Riedel (Verfasst von), Miguel A Saldaña (Verfasst von), Shivanand Hegde (Verfasst von), Nicole Pederson (Verfasst von), Grant L Hughes (Verfasst von), Andrew D Ellington (Verfasst von)
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• Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Manipulation of natural mosquito populations using the endosymbiotic bacteria Wolbachia is being investigated as a novel strategy to reduce the burden of mosquito-borne viruses. To evaluate the efficacy of these interventions, it will be critical to determine Wolbachia infection frequencies in Aedes...