Distribution of the species of the Anopheles gambiae complex and first evidence of Anopheles merus as a malaria vector in Madagascar

Malaria Journal

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-7

  Léong Pock Tsy, Jean Michel ^a   Duchemin, Jean Bernard ^a,b   Marrama, Laurence ^c   Rabarison, Patrick ^d   Le Goff, Gilbert ^a,e   Rajaonarivelo, Voahirana ^a,e   Robert, Vincent ^a,e  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^b Centre de Recherche Medicale et Sanitaire Niamey   (Niger)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LA GUYANE   (French Guiana)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ALTITUDE; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES MERUS; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COASTAL WATERS; DESERT; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMIDITY; MADAGASCAR; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SAMPLING; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; THORAX;

EID: 3042595859     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-2-1     Document Type: Article

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