Molecular, culture, and immunohistologic methods for detection and isolation of <i>B</i>. <i>quintana</i> in blood meals, bed bugs, and their feces.

Group 1: 30 infected bed bugs adults; Group 2: 30 infected bed bugs instars L1; Group Control 1: 30 uninfected bed bugs adults; Control 2: 30 uninfected bed bugs instars L1 No: number of bed bugs; (+) positive ; (-) negative ND: Not Done (because we haven’t enough feces to be cultured); (≈): approximately qPCR: Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (‡) Infected or uninfected blood (*) observed in gut (¥) Confirmation by qPCR Molecular, culture, and immunohistologic methods for detection and isolation of B. quintana in blood meals, bed bugs, and their feces.