Haplotype H1 of Culex pipiens implicated as natural vector of Dirofilaria immitis in an endemic area of Western Spain

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 653-658

  Morchón, Rodrigo ^a   Bargues, M Dolores ^b   Latorre, Jose Manuel ^b   Melero Alcíbar, Rosario ^c   Pou Barreto, Cristina ^d   Mas Coma, Santiago ^b   Simón, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Culex pipiens; Dirofilaria immitis; PCR ITS 2 haplotype; Vectors

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CULEX PIPIENS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAPLOTYPE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULEX; CULICIDAE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; INSECT VECTORS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPAIN;

CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS;

EID: 37549006733     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0124     Document Type: Article

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