Susceptibility of the mosquitoes Anopheles minimus, An. sinensis, and An. saperoi (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, to the Rodent Malaria Plasmodium yoelii nigeriense

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 146-151

  Toma, Takako ^a   Miyagi, Ichiro ^a   Tamashiro, Mikako ^a   Tsuzuki, Ataru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anopheles minimus; Anopheles saperoi; Anopheles sinensis; Anopheles stephensi; Plasmodium yoelii nigeriense; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES MINIMUS; ANOPHELES SAPEROI; ANOPHELES SINENSIS; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FAGUS; PLASMODIUM YOELII; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JAPAN; LONGEVITY; MALARIA; MOUSE; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM YOELII;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; JAPAN; LONGEVITY; MALARIA; MICE; OOCYTES; PLASMODIUM YOELII;

EID: 0036371754     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.1.146     Document Type: Article

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