Ecological distribution of mosquito larvae of the Anopheles punctulatus group on Niolam (Lihir) Island, Papua New Guinea

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 181-185

  Ebsworth, Peter ^a   Bryan, Joan H ^b   Foley, Desmond H ^b  

^a International SOS ^*  (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anopheles punctulatus group; Internal transcribed spacer unit 2; Larval habitat; Lihir Island; Malaria

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LARVA; MALARIA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; DATA COLLECTION; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENVIRONMENT; LARVA; MALARIA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0041408460     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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