Application of RFLP-PCR-Based Identification for Sand Fly Surveillance in an Area Endemic for Kala-Azar in Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Mymensingh is the most endemic district for kala-azar in Bangladesh. Phlebotomus argentipes remains the only known vector although a number of sand fly species are prevalent in this area. Genotyping of sand flies distributed in a VL endemic area was developed by a PCR and restriction-fragment-length...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Hirotomo Kato, Mizuho Fukushige, Yukiko Wagatsuma, Makoto Itoh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Parasitology Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/467821