Pteridine concentrations differ between insectary-reared and field-collected Anopheles albimanus mosquitoes of the same physiological age

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 225-234

  Penilla, R P ^a   Rodriguez M H ^b   Lopez A D ^a   Viader Salvado J M ^c   Sanchez C N ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b Centro de Investigaciones Sobre Enfermedades Infecciosas   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Age determination; Anopheles albimanus; Feral mosquitoes; Fluorescence; HPLC; Insectary; Malaria vector; Mexico; Mosquito age; Physiological age; Pteridines; Spectrofluorometry

Indexed keywords

PTERIDINE DERIVATIVE;

MOSQUITO;

ABDOMEN; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DISEASE CARRIER; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HEAD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMB; MALARIA; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ABDOMEN; AGING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANOPHELES; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIET; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HEAD; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; OVARY; OVIPOSITION; PTERIDINES; WING;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES ALBIMANUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0036732452     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2002.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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