First report on Anopheles fluviatilis U in southeastern Iran

Acta Tropica

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 76-81

  Mehravaran, A ^a,b   Oshaghi, M A ^a   Vatandoost, H ^a   Abai, M R ^a   Ebrahimzadeh, A ^b   Roodi, A Moazeni ^b   Grouhi, A ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c JIROFT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anopheles fluviatilis complex; Iran; Malaria; PCR; Ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

DNA 28S; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; RIBOSOME DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMOSOME; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALARIA; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES FLUVIATILIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HAPLOTYPE; IRAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENETIC VARIATION; INSECT VECTORS; IRAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

IRAN;

ANOPHELES FLUVIATILIS; ANOPHELES FLUVIATILIS U;

EID: 78650988806     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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