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Detection, Prevalence and Phylogenetic Relationships of Demodex spp and further Skin Prostigmata Mites (Acari, Arachnida) in Wild and Domestic Mammals.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Sastre Natalia, Francino Olga, Curti Joseph N, Armenta Tiffany C, Fraser Devaughn L, Kelly Rochelle M, Hunt Erin, Silbermayr Katja, Zewe Christine, Sánchez Armand, Ferrer Lluís
Abstract excerpt
This study was conceived to detect skin mites in social mammals through real-time qPCR, and to estimate taxonomic Demodex and further Prostigmata mite relationships in different host species by comparing sequences from two genes: mitochondrial 16S rRNA and nuclear 18S rRNA. We determined the mite prevalence in the hair follicles of marmots (13%) and bats (17%). The high prevalence found in marmots and bats by...
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