Predators of Anopheles gambiae sensu lato (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae in Wetlands, Western Kenya: Confirmation by polymerase chain reaction method

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 783-787

  Ohba, Shin Ya ^a   Kawada, Hitoshi ^a   Dida, Gabriel O ^b   Juma, Duncan ^c   Sonye, Gorge ^c   Minakawa, Noboru ^a   Takagi, Masahiro ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c Spring of Hope   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anura; aquatic insect; Coleoptera; Hemiptera; Odonata

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HEMIPTERA; KENYA; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDATION; WETLAND;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; HEMIPTERA; KENYA; LARVA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; WETLANDS;

AMPHIBIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANURA; COLEOPTERA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; ODONATA;

EID: 77956477877     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10051     Document Type: Article

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