Anopheles aquasalis Eggs from Two Venezuelan Localities Compared by Scanning Electron Microscopy

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 487-491

  Maldonado, V ^a   Finol, H J ^b   Navarro, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Anopheles aquasalis; Eggs; Scanning electron microscopy; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES AQUASALIS;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0031173962     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761997000400008     Document Type: Article

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