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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
Volume 83, Issue 2, Pages 285-291Publisher
AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0077
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Universidad de Valle del Guatemala
- Robert E Shope International Fellowship
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Morphological differentiation of mosquitoes in the subgenera Culex (Culex) and Culex (Phenacomyia) in Guatemala is difficult, with reliable identification ensured only through examination of larval skins from individually reared specimens and associated male genitalia. We developed a multiplexed polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) assay to identify common Cx (Cux) and Cx. (Phc). Culex (Cux)chidesteri, Cx. (Cux) coronator. Cx (Cux) interrogator, Cx (Cux) quinquefasciatus,Cx (Cux) nigripalpuslCx (Cux) thriambus, and Cx (Phc) lactator were identified directly with a multiplexed primer cocktail comprising a conserved forward primer and specific reverse primers targeting ribosomal DNA (rDNA) Culex nigripalpus and Cx thriambus were differentiated by restriction digest of homologous amplicons The assay was developed and optimized using well-characterized specimens from Guatemala and the United States and field tested with unknown material from Guatemala This assay will be a valuable tool for mosquito identification in entomological and arbovirus ecology studies in Guatemala
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