Identification of four members of the Anopheles funestus (Diptera: Culicidae) group and their role in Plasmodium falciparum transmission in Bagamoyo coastal Tanzania

Acta Tropica

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-125

  Temu, E A ^a   Minjas, J N ^b   Tuno, N ^a   Kawada, H ^a   Takagi, M ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Anopheles funestus; Anopheles leesoni; Anopheles parensis; Anopheles rivulorum; Malaria; PCR; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE;

ABUNDANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST SPECIFICITY; MOSQUITO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES LEESONI; ANOPHELES PARENSIS; ANOPHELES RIVULORUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; TANZANIA; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AFRICA; BAGAMOYO; EAST AFRICA; PWANI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES LEESONI; ANOPHELES PARENSIS; ANOPHELES RIVULORUM; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FUNESTUS GROUP; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 34250185753     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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