The polymerase chain reaction method as a tool for identifying members of the Anopheles gambiae complex (Diptera: Culicidae) in northeastern Tanzania

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 12, Issue 2 PART 1, 1996, Pages 271-274

  Van Rensburg, A J ^a   Hunt, R H ^a   Koekemoer, L L ^a   Coetzee, M ^a   Shiff, C J ^b   Minjas, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANZANIA;

EID: 0030156012     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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