Discrimination of Paederus fuscipes and Paederus littoralis by mtDNA-COI PCR-RFLP

Background: Linear dermatitis is endemic in Iran where most cases occur in the Caspian Sea coast and Fars prov­ince. The disease is caused by beetles of the genus Paederus which are active from early spring to beginning of au­tumn although its incidence rises from May to August. The classic taxonom...

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Main Authors: Sahar Bazrafkan, Hassan Vatandoost, Abbas Heydari, Hassan Bakhshi, Somayeh Panahi-Moghadam, Saedeh Hashemi-Aghdam, Fatemeh Mohtarami, Abbas Rahimi-foroushan, Sinan Anlaş, Mansoreh Shayeghi, Mohammad Ali Oshaghi, Seyed Mohammad Abtahi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2016-10-01
Series:Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases
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Online Access:https://jad.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jad/article/view/325