Development and evaluation of a species diagnostic polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment-length polymorphism procedure for cryptic members of the Culex sitiens (Diptera: Culicidae) subgroup in Australia and the southwest Pacific

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 362-369

  Beebe, N W ^a   Van Den Hurk, A F ^b   Chapman, H F ^e   Frances, S P ^c   Williams, C R ^d   Cooper, R D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Arbovirus vector; Culex annulirostris; Culex palpalis; Culex sitiens; Polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism; Sibling species

Indexed keywords

ALPHAVIRUS; ARBOVIRUS; CULEX ANNULIROSTRIS; CULEX PALPALIS; CULEX SITIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MURRAY VALLEY ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; ROSS RIVER VIRUS;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; EVALUATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CULEX; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0036515063     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.2.362     Document Type: Article

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