Blood Meal Identification in Field-Captured Sand flies: Comparison of PCR-RFLP and ELISA Assays

• Main Authors: N Maleki-Ravasan (Author), MA Oshaghi (Author), E Javadian (Author), Y Rassi (Author), J Sadraei (Author), F Mohtarami (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2009-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: We aimed to develop a PCR-RFLP assay based on available sequences of putative vertebrate hosts to iden­tify blood meals ingested by field female sand fly in the northwest of Iran. In addition, the utility of PCR-RFLP was compared with ELISA as a standard method. Methods: This experimenta...