Short report: Historical analysis of a near disaster: Anopheles gambiae in Brazil

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 176-178

  Parmakelis, Aristeidis ^a,b,c   Russello, Michael A ^b,d   Caccone, Adalgisa ^b   Marcondes, Carlos Brisola ^e   Costa, Jane ^f   Forattini, Oswaldo P ^g   Sallum, Maria Anice Mureb ^g   Wilkerson, Richard C ^h,i   Powell, Jeffrey R ^b  

^a Yale University ^*  (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^h WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; DISASTER; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; HEXAPODA;

DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 39549120213     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.176     Document Type: Article

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