Preliminary vivax malaria vector competence for three members of the anopheles hyrcanus group in the republic of Korea

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 312-314

  Joshi, Deepak ^a,d   Kim, Jung Yeon ^b   Choochote, Wej ^c   Park, Mi Hyun ^a   Min, Gi Sik ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^c Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles kleini; Anopheles lesteri; Republic of Korea; vector mosquito; Vivax malaria

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SOUTH KOREA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

ANOPHELES HYRCANUS; ANOPHELES KLEINI; ANOPHELES LESTERI; HYRCANUS GROUP; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 80052948982     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/10-6086.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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