Malaria vectors in Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea): PCR determination of the members of Anopheles gambiae Giles complex (Diptera: Culicidae) and pyrethroid knockdown resistance (kdr) in An. gambiae sensu stricto

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 102-106

  Berzosa, P J ^a   Cano, J ^b   Roche, J ^c   Rubio, J M ^c   Garcia L ^b   Moyano, E ^a   Guerra, A ^b   Mateos, J C ^b   Petrarca, V ^d   Do Rosario, V ^e   Benito, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b Hospital General de Malabo   (Equatorial Guinea)

^c Red de Investigación de Centros de Enfermedades Tropicales RICET Madrid   (Spain)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

An. gambiae complex; Anopheles mosquitoes; Equatorial Guinea (West Central Africa); Pyrethroid resistance (kdr)

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; GUINEA; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; GUINEA; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PYRETHRINS;

EID: 0036594054     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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