Ability of cellulose acetate and polyacrylamide enzyme electrophoresis to separate 13 species of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Venezuela

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 501-509

  Torgerson, D ^a,b   Lampo, M ^a   Woo, P T K ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brumptomyia; Enzyme electrophoresis; Lutzomyia; Species separation; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

BRUMPTOMYIA; DIPTERA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

ENZYME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PSYCHODIDAE; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHORESIS, CELLULOSE ACETATE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYMES; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHODIDAE; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0035403659     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.4.501     Document Type: Article

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