Systematics of malaria vectors with particular reference to the Anopheles punctulatus group

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-17

  Beebe, N W ^a   Cooper, R D ^b  

^a Univ T   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anopheles; DNA probes; Malaria; Mosquitoes; PCR; Sibling species

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; NUCLEIC ACID;

DISEASE VECTOR; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; TAXONOMY;

ANOPHELES; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; AUSTRALIA; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENETICS, POPULATION; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANOPHELES PUNCTULATUS; ARACHNIDA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0033974879     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00171-X     Document Type: Review

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