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SUBMITTER: Schoener E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5908168 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schoener Ellen E Uebleis Sarah Susanne SS Cuk Claudia C Nawratil Michaela M Obwaller Adelheid G AG Zechmeister Thomas T Lebl Karin K Rádrová Jana J Zittra Carina C Votýpka Jan J Fuehrer Hans-Peter HP
PloS one 20180419 4
Trypanosomatid flagellates have not been studied in Austria in any detail. In this study, specific nested PCR, targeted on the ribosomal small subunit, was used to determine the occurrence and diversity of trypanosomatids in wild-caught mosquitoes sampled across Eastern Austria in the years 2014-2015. We collected a total of 29,975 mosquitoes of 19 species divided in 1680 pools. Of these, 298 (17.7%), representing 12 different mosquito species, were positive for trypanosomatid DNA. In total, sev ...[more]