PCR-RFLP method for the identification of four members of the Anopheles annularis group of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae)

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 239-244

  Alam, Mohammad Tauqeer ^a   Das, Manoj K ^b   Dev, Vas ^b   Ansari, Musharraf A ^b   Sharma, Yagya D ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anopheles annularis; Anopheles nivipes; Anopheles pallidus; Anopheles philippinensis; D3 domain; PCR RFLP; rDNA ITS2

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES ANNULARIS; ANOPHELES NIVIPES; ANOPHELES PALLIDUS; ANOPHELES PHILIPPINENSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION SITE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; INSECT VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANNULARIS GROUP; ANOPHELES ANNULARIS; ANOPHELES NIVIPES; ANOPHELES PALLIDUS; ANOPHELES PHILIPPINENSIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 33846012549     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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