Identification of Culex vishnui subgroup (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan: Development of a species-diagnostic polymerase chain reaction assay based on sequence variation in ribosomal DNA spacers

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 554-558

  Toma, Takako ^a   Miyagi, Ichiro ^a   Crabtree, Mary B ^b   Miller, Barry R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex vishnui subgroup; Identification; Polymerase chain reaction; Ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULEX; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034223589     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.4.554     Document Type: Article

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