Identification of five species of the Anopheles dirus complex from Thailand, using allele-specific polymerase chain reaction

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 24-32

  Walton, C ^d   Handley, J M ^d   Kuvangkadilok, C ^a   Collins, F H ^b   Harbach, R E ^c   Baimai, V ^a   Butlin, R K ^d  

^a Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allele specific polymerase chain reaction; Anopheles dirus; Anopheles nemophilous; Internal transcribed spacer 2; Malaria vectors; Species identification; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMAL DNA; THAILAND; VECTOR;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND;

ANOPHELES DIRUS; ANOPHELES NEMOPHILOUS; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033083110     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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