Improved high-throughput method for molecular identification of Culex mosquitoes

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 488-491

  Rochlin, Ilia ^a,c   Santoriello, Michael P ^a   Mayer, Richard T ^b   Campbell, Scott R ^a  

^a Suffolk County Department of Health Services   (United States)

^b USDA ARS   (United States)

^c Division of Vector Control   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex; Mosquitoes; Multiplex polymerase chain reaction; Species identification; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; CULEX PIPIENS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; GENETICS;

ANIMALS; CULEX;

EID: 39749191982     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/5591.1     Document Type: Article

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