Short report: Development of a molecular assay to detect predation on Anopheles gambiae complex larval stages

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 464-466

  Schielke, Erika ^a   Costantini, Carlo ^b   Carchini, Gianmaria ^c   Sagnon, N'Falé ^d   Powell, Jeffrey ^a   Caccone, Adalgisa ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d Burkina Faso   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA; DNA;

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; HEMIPTERA; INVERTEBRATE; LARVAL STAGE; LESTIDAE; LIBELLULIDAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDATION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; ANIMAL; BEETLE; GENETICS; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH JUICE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; HEMIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LESTIDAE; LIBELLULIDAE; NOTONECTIDAE; ODONATA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BEETLES; DNA; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HEMIPTERA; LARVA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 35748956743     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.464     Document Type: Article

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