Ribosomal DNA-Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay Discriminates between Anopheles quadriannulatus and An. merus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 573-577

  Cornel, Anthony J ^a,b   Coetzee, Maureen ^c   Van Rensburg, Anton J ^c   Koekemoer, Lizette L ^c   Hunt, Richard H ^c   Collins, Frank H ^a,b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae complex; Anopheles merus; Anopheles quadriannulatus; Polymerase chain reaction; Ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES MERUS; ANOPHELES QUADRIANNULATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

ISOENZYME; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ISOENZYMES; LARVA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 0031230277     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.5.573     Document Type: Article

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