Molecular evidence of misidentification of Anopheles minimus as Anopheles fluviatilis in Assam (India)

Acta Tropica

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-244

  Singh, O P ^a   Nanda, N ^a   Dev, Vas ^b   Bali, Prerna ^a   Sohail, Mohammad ^a   Mehrunnisa, A ^a   Adak, T ^a   Dash, A P ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^b National Institute of Malaria Research (Field Station)   (India)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

28S ribosomal DNA; Anopheles fluviatilis; Anopheles minimus; India; Internal transcribed spacer 2; Malaria; Vector

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 28S;

DISEASE VECTOR; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HOMOLOGY; MALARIA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MOSQUITO; RNA;

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES FLUVIATILIS; ANOPHELES MINIMUS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ARM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INDIA; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ASSAM; INDIA; KAMRUP;

ANOPHELES FLUVIATILIS; ANOPHELES MINIMUS;

EID: 77649181028     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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