Harry M., Roose C. L., Vautrin D., Noireau François, Romana Cristina, Solignac M. (2008). Microsatellite markers from' the Chagas disease vector, Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), and their applicability to Rhodnius species. Infection Genetics and Evolution, 8 (3), p. 381-385. ISSN 1567-1348.
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Microsatellite markers from' the Chagas disease vector, Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), and their applicability to Rhodnius species
Harry M., Roose C. L., Vautrin D., Noireau François, Romana Cristina, Solignac M.
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Infection Genetics and Evolution, 2008,
8 (3), p. 381-385 ISSN 1567-1348
Ten microsatellites were isolated and characterized from a partial genomic library of Rhodnius prolixus, the principal Chagas disease vector in Venezuela, Colombia and Central America. These polymorphic molecular markers could be particularly useful in Chagas disease control initiatives. A wider applicability of the primer-pairs isolated was shown, from 6 to 10 loci being amplifiable in five out of the ten Rhodnius species tested, namely R. domesticus, R. nasutus, R. neglectus, R. neivai and R. robustus. Interestingly, all the loci were amplified in the latter. These markers may be of interest to trace the colonization of human dwellings from triatomine sylvatic populations in order to better define epidemiological risk patterns.
