A low-cost microfluidic chip for rapid genotyping of malaria-transmitting mosquitoes.

Vector control is one of the most effective measures to prevent the transmission of malaria, a disease that causes over 600,000 deaths annually. Around 30-40 Anopheles mosquito species are natural vectors of malaria parasites. Some of these species cannot be morphologically distinguished, but have b...

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Main Authors: Changchun Liu, Michael G Mauk, Robert Hart, Mariangela Bonizzoni, Guiyun Yan, Haim H Bau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3411743?pdf=render