Evidence for a new malaria vector species, species E, within the Anopheles culicifacies complex (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 595-600

  Kar, Indranil ^a   Subbarao, Sarala K ^a   Eapen, Alex ^a   Ravindran, John ^a   Satyanarayana, T S ^a   Raghavendra, K ^a   Nanda, N ^a   Sharma, V P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anopheles culicifacies; Cytogenetics; Malaria infection; Sibling species; Species E

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0033191904     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.5.595     Document Type: Article

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