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A fast and inexpensive genotyping system for the simultaneous analysis of human and Aedes albopictus short tandem repeats.
Parasites & vectors - 5 Oct 2023
Albó Timor Andreu, Lucati Federica, Bartumeus Frederic, Caner Jenny, Escartin Santi, Mariani Simone, Palmer John R B, Ventura Marc
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BACKGROUND: Determination of the interactions between hematophagous mosquitoes and their human hosts is of great importance for better understanding the transmission dynamics of mosquito-borne arboviruses and developing effective strategies to mitigate risk. Genetic analysis of human and mosquito DNA can play a key role in this, but commercial kits for human short tandem repeat (STR) genotyping are expensive and...
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