Field Note: Portable qPCR thermocycler enables fast track xenomonitoring of mosquito vectors for DNA of the filarial parasite Brugia malayi in Indonesia

In December 2024, Dr. Irina Diekmann, a postdoctoral researcher at Washington University School of Medicine (WashU Med) joined Professor Taniawati Supali and her team at Universitas Indonesia (UI) in Jakarta, Indonesia. Irina travelled with a portable qPCR machine. While the laboratory in Jakarta already had access to real-time PCR equipment, standardization of assays was a […]