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Identification of the people from whom engorged Aedes aegypti took blood meals in Florida, Puerto Rico, using polymerase chain reaction-based DNA profiling.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Apr 2003
De Benedictis John, Chow-Shaffer Esther, Costero Adriana, Clark Gary G, Edman John D, Scott Thomas W
Abstract excerpt
We used polymerase chain reaction-based DNA profiling to construct allelic profiles for residents and visitors of 22 houses in Florida, Puerto Rico, and human DNA from blood meals in Aedes aegypti that were collected in those homes. Complete profiles were obtained for < or = 2 days after blood ingestion. Eighteen percent of the meals came from two different people. There was no evidence of meals from > or = 2...
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