Molecular identification of field-collected culicoides larvae in the southern part of Japan

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1105-1110

  Yanase, Tohru ^a,b   Matsumoto, Yukiko ^c   Matsumori, Yoichi ^d   Aizawa, Maki ^e   Hirata, Miki ^f   Kato, Tomoko ^a   Shirafuji, Hiroaki ^a   Yamakawa, Makoto ^a   Tsuda, Tomoyuki ^a   Noda, Hiroaki ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Division of Insect Sciences   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d Goto Livestock Hygiene Service Center   (Japan)

^e Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Animal Health   (Japan)

^f Kagoshima Central Livestock Hygiene Service Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

arbovirus; breeding site; Culicoides biting midge; Leucocytozoon; vector

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JAPAN; LARVA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; INSECT PROTEINS; JAPAN; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84884658023     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11235     Document Type: Article

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