A polymerase chain reaction-based diagnostic to identify larvae and eggs of container mosquito species from the Australian region

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 376-380

  Beebe, Nigel W ^a   Whelan, Peter I ^b   Van Den Hurk, Andrew F ^c   Ritchie, Scott A ^d,e   Corcoran, Sarah ^f   Cooper, Robert D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Medical Entomology   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d TROPICAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT   (Australia)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f Australian Government Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry   (Australia)

^g AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aedes mosquitoes; Container mosquito species; Internal transcribed spacer region 1; Polymerase chain reaction diagnostic

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 34247548805     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/44.2.376     Document Type: Article

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