The Anopheles gambiae complex: A new species from Ethiopia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 231-235

  Hunt, Richard H ^a,c   Coetzee, Maureen ^a   Fettene, Messay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae complex; Anopheles quadriannulatus; Ethiopia; Malaria; New species

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PROGENY; SEX RATIO; SPECIES; X CHROMOSOME;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES QUADRIANNULATUS; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0031917824     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90761-1     Document Type: Article

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