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MICROSATELLITE MARKERS FROM' THE CHAGAS DISEASE VECTOR, RHODNIUS PROLIXUS (HEMIPTERA, REDUVIIDAE), AND THEIR APPLICABILITY TO RHODNIUS SPECIES
Rhodnius robustus
microsatellites
cross-species amplification
Chagas disease
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UMR 137. UFR de Sciences, Université Paris 12. Paris, France
UMR 137. UFR de Sciences, Université Paris 12. Paris, France
Laboratoire Evolution Génétique et Sélection. CNRS, Gif sur Yvette, France
Dpt Sociétés et Santé. IRD, Montpellier, France/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Laboratório de Triatomineos e Epidemiologia da doença de Chagas. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Unité Espace. IRD, Montpellier, France
Laboratoire Evolution Génétique et Sélection. CNRS, Gif sur Yvette, France
UMR 137. UFR de Sciences, Université Paris 12. Paris, France
Laboratoire Evolution Génétique et Sélection. CNRS, Gif sur Yvette, France
Dpt Sociétés et Santé. IRD, Montpellier, France/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Laboratório de Triatomineos e Epidemiologia da doença de Chagas. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Unité Espace. IRD, Montpellier, France
Laboratoire Evolution Génétique et Sélection. CNRS, Gif sur Yvette, France
Resumo em Inglês
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. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
Palavras-chave em inglês
Rhodnius prolixusRhodnius robustus
microsatellites
cross-species amplification
Chagas disease
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