Molecular characterization of Anopheles fluviatilis species complex in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-265

  Naddaf, S R ^a   Oshaghi, M A ^b   Vatandoost, H ^b   Assmar, M ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IRAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; PARASITOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; GENES, INSECT; GENOME; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; IRAN; MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 17144366970     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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