An island within an island: Genetic differentiation of Anopheles gambiae in São Tomé, West Africa, and its relevance to malaria vector control

Heredity

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 407-414

  Pinto, J ^a   Donnelly, M J ^b   Sousa, C A ^a   Malta Vacas, J ^a   Gil, V ^c   Ferreira, C ^c   Petrarca, V ^d   Do Rosario V E ^a   Charlwood, J D ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Centro National de Endemias   (Sao Tome and Principe)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Islands; Malaria control; Microsatellites; Population structure

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; ISLAND; MALARIA; POPULATION GENETICS;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0142126685     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800348     Document Type: Article

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