PCR-based identification of Culex pipiens complex collected in Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 184-191

  Kasai, Shinji ^a   Komagata, Osamu ^a   Tomita, Takashi ^a   Sawabe, Kyoko ^a   Tsuda, Yoshio ^a   Kurahashi, Hiromu ^a   Ishikawa, Takeshi ^b   Motoki, Mitsugu ^c   Takahashi, Tomoya ^d   Tanikawa, Tsutomu ^e   Yoshida, Masahiro ^f   Shinjo, Goro ^g   Hashimoto, Tomoyuki ^g   Higa, Yukiko ^h   Kobayashi, Mutsuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Shell Company Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c APEX Industry Company Ltd   (Japan)

^d Fuji Environmental Service Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e Ikari Corporation   (Japan)

^f Ikimono Kenkyuusha   (Japan)

^g JAPAN ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION CENTER   (Japan)

^h NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; GENOMIC DNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CULEX; CULEX MOLESTUS; CULEX PALLENS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; JAPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS CARRIER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULEX; DNA PRIMERS; INSECT PROTEINS; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 45849084303     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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