Use of rDNA-PCR to investigate the ecological distribution of Anopheles bwambae in relation to other members of the An.gambiae complex of mosquitoes in Bwamba County, Uganda

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 329-334

  Harbach, Ralph E ^a   Townson, Harold ^b   Mukwaya, Louis G ^c   Adeniran, Tara ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

An.bwambae; An.gambiae; Anopheles arabiensis; Distribution; Ecological relationships; Geothermal springs; Larval habitats; Malaria vectors; Oviposition; Sibling species; Uganda

Indexed keywords

HABITAT PREFERENCE; MOSQUITO; RDNA-PCR;

BWAMBA COUNTY; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES BWAMBAE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CAREX DENSA; CULICIDAE; CYPERUS LAEVIGATUS; DIPTERA;

EID: 0031254435     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00418.x     Document Type: Article

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