Molecular characterization of the invasive Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Corsica

Acta Tropica

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 266-269

  De Jong, Laetitia ^a   Moreau, Xavier ^a   Dalia, Jocelyne ^b   Coustau, Christine ^b   Thiéry, Alain ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Corsica; Molecular taxonomic technique; Semi nested PCR

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; RIBOSOME DNA;

BIOASSAY; BIOMONITORING; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE VECTOR; DNA; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOSQUITO; VIRUS;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VECTOR CONTROL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FRANCE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 71249156044     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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