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SUBMITTER: Kothera L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6437760 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kothera Linda L Byrd Brian B Savage Harry M HM
Journal of medical entomology 20171101 6
Aedes aegypti (L.) and Ae. albopictus (Skuse) are important arbovirus vectors in the United States, and the recent emergence of Zika virus disease as a public health concern in the Americas has reinforced a need for tools to rapidly distinguish between these species in collections made by vector control agencies. We developed a duplex real-time PCR assay that detects both species and does not cross-amplify in any of the other seven Aedes species tested. The lower limit of detection for our assay ...[more]