Direct nucleic acid analysis of mosquitoes for high fidelity species identification and detection of Wolbachia using a cellphone

• Sanchita Bhadra ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: sanchitabhadra@utexas.edu

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4956-2405

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• Timothy E. Riedel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration

  Affiliation Freshman Research Initiative, College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States of America

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• Miguel A. Saldaña,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, United States of America

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• Shivanand Hegde,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, United States of America

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• Nicole Pederson,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Freshman Research Initiative, College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States of America

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• Grant L. Hughes,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Vector Biology and Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Center for Tropical Diseases, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7567-7185

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• Andrew D. Ellington

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States of America

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