Identification of Anopheles parensis (Diptera: Culicidae) using ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) sequence variation

African Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 235-239

  Koekemoer, L L ^a   Hargreaves, K ^b   Hunt, R H ^a   Coetzee, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b KwaZulu Natal Department of Health   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anopheles funestus; Anopheles leesoni; Anopheles parensis; Anopheles rivulorum; Anopheles vaneedeni; Internal transcribed spacer region 2 (ITS2); Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP)

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES LEESONI; ANOPHELES PARENSIS; ANOPHELES RIVULORUM; ANOPHELES VANEEDENI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FUNESTUS GROUP; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0038025856     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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