Genetic differentiation in the yellow fever virus vector, Aedes simpsoni complex, in Africa: Sequence variation in the ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacers of anthropophilic and non-anthropophilic populations

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-91

  Mukwaya, L G ^a   Kayondo, J K ^a   Crabtree, M B ^b   Savage, H M ^b   Biggerstaff, B J ^b   Miller, Barry R ^b  

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes bromeliae; Aedes lilii; Aedes simpsoni; Anthropophily; Ribosomal DNA; Yellow fever

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BLOOD FEEDING; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RIBOSOMAL DNA; SPACER DNA; VIRUS VECTOR; YELLOW FEVER;

AEDES; AFRICA; ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AEDES SIMPSONI; DNA VIRUSES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 0034144318     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2000.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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