Anopheles sacharovi (Diptera: Culicidae): A Reemerging Malaria Vector in the Ararat Valley of Armenia

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 446-450

  Romi, R ^a   Boccolini, D ^a   Hovanesyan, I ^a,b   Grigoryan, G ^a,b   Di Luca, M ^a   Sabatinelli, G ^a,c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Armenian Ministry of Health   (Armenia)

^c WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anopheles sacharovi; Armenia; Malaria; Malaria vectors

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES MACULIPENNIS; ANOPHELES SACHAROVI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

INSECTICIDE; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARMENIA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALARIA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ARMENIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA;

EID: 0036582875     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.3.446     Document Type: Article

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