Molecular and morphological characterization of Aedes albopictus in northwestern Greece and differentiation from Aedes cretinus and Aedes aegypti

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-54

  Patsoula, Eleni ^a   Samanidou Voyadjoglou, Anna ^a   Spanakos, Gregory ^a   Kremastinou, Jenny ^a   Nasioulas, Georgios ^b   Vakalis, Nikolaos C ^a  

^a NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^b HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aedes; Cytochrome oxidase I; Dengue vector; Internal transcribed spacer 2; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AEDES CRETINUS; STEGOMYIA;

EID: 31544465898     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/43.1.40     Document Type: Article

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