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Identification of Mosquito Bloodmeals Using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) With Order-Specific Primers
1 Mar 2003
Abstract excerpt
A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) protocol was developed to identify host bloodmeals from mosquitoes. Primers for the cytochrome b gene were designed to distinguish between mammalian and avian bloodmeals and further differentiate among four avian orders: passeriformes, falconiformes, columbiformes, and galliformes. The assay was validated by testing tissues from 18 species of passeriformes, three species of...
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