Molecular identification of the Anopheles nili group of African malaria vectors

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-74

  Kengne, Pierre ^a,b   Awono Ambene, P ^b   Antonio Nkondjio, C ^b   Simard, F ^b   Fontenille, D ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Cameroon   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Afrotropical; Allele specific PCR; Anopheles nili; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Ivory Coast; Malaria vectors; Ribosomal DNA; Senegal; Sibling species

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MALARIA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOSQUITO; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AFRICA;

ANOPHELES CARNEVALEI; ANOPHELES NILI; ANOPHELES SOMALICUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0242668772     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2003.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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