Polymerase Chain Reaction Used to Describe Larval Habitat Use by Anopheles gambiae Complex (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Environs of Ifakara, Tanzania

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 202-204

  Charlwood, J D ^a   Edoh, D ^a,b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae complex; Larvae distribution; Polymerase chain reaction; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BOS TAURUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; LARVA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; LARVA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANZANIA;

EID: 0030099887     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.2.202     Document Type: Article

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