Polymerase chain reaction assay identifies Culex nigripalpus: Part of an assay for molecular identification of the common Culex (Culex) mosquitoes of the Eastern United States

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-120

  Aspen, Stephen ^a   Crabtree, Mary B ^a   Savage, Harry M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex (Culex); Culex nigripalpus; Internal transcribed spacers; Molecular species identification; Ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

CULEX NIGRIPALPUS;

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULEX; DNA PRIMERS; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037805239     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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