Screening of Anopheles culicifacies population of Sri Lanka for sibling species A

Indian Journal of Malariology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-7

  De Silva, B G D N K ^c   Gunasekera, Maya B ^a   Abeyewickreme, W ^b   Abhayawardana, T A ^c   Karunanayake, E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Anopheles culicifacies; DNA probes; Sibling species

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DNA PROBE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SRI LANKA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CATTLE; DNA PROBES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SRI LANKA;

EID: 0032009622     PISSN: 03678326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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