PCR assay for identification of Anopheles quadriannulatus species B from Ethiopia and other sibling species of the Anopheles gambiae complex

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 214-217

  Fettene, M ^b   Koekemoer, L L ^a   Hunt, R H ^a   Coetzee, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

An. gambiae; An. quadriannulatus species A and B; Anopheles arabiensis; Ethiopia; Malaria vectors; Mosquito identification; PCR assay; Sibling species; South Africa; Species identification; Zoophily

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOSQUITO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DNA; ETHIOPIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ETHIOPIA;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES QUADRIANNULATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0036280791     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2002.00354.x     Document Type: Article

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