High-resolution melting (HRM) of the cytochrome B gene: a powerful approach to identify blood-meal sources in Chagas disease Vectors.

• Main Authors: Victor H Peña (Author), Geysson J Fernández (Author), Andrés M Gómez-Palacio (Author), Ana M Mejía-Jaramillo (Author), Omar Cantillo (Author), Omar Triana-Chávez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Methods to determine blood-meal sources of hematophagous Triatominae bugs (Chagas disease vectors) are serological or based on PCR employing species-specific primers or heteroduplex analysis, but these are expensive, inaccurate, or problematic when the insect has fed on more than one species. To sol...