Description and morphometric analysis of the eggs of Anopheles (Anopheles) vestitipennis (Diptera: Culicidae) from southern Mexico

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 78-87

  Rodriguez, Mario H ^a   Chavez, Bibiana ^b   Hernandez Avila, Juan E ^a   Orozco, Arnoldo ^c   Arredondo Jimenez, Juan I ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anopheles vestitipennis; Eggs; Mexico; Subpolulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES VESTITIPENNIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORSE; HUMAN; MEXICO; OOCYTE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; FEMALE; HORSES; HUMANS; MEXICO; OVUM;

EID: 0032619244     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.1.78     Document Type: Article

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