Morphological characters of adult Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) marajoara in Venezuela

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-114

  Rubio Palis, Yasmin ^a,b   Wilkerson, Richard ^c   Guzmán, Hernán ^a  

^a Instituto de Altos Estudios Dr Arnoldo Gabaldón Ministerio de Salud   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles marajoara; Malaria vectors; Morphology; Random amplified polymorphic DNA polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES ALBITARSIS; ANOPHELES MARAJOARA; ARGYRITARSIS (SECTION); ARGYRITARSIS (SERIES);

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HEAD; MALE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; VENEZUELA; WING;

EID: 0038142819     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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