Article
Genetic and phenotypic variation of the malaria vector Anopheles atroparvus in southern Europe.
Malaria journal - 11 Jan 2011
Vicente José L, Sousa Carla A, Alten Bulent, Caglar Selim S, Falcutá Elena, Latorre José M, Toty Celine, Barré Hélène, Demirci Berna, Di Luca Marco, Toma Luciano, Alves Ricardo, Salgueiro Patrícia, Silva Teresa L, Bargues Maria D, Mas-Coma Santiago, Boccolini Daniela, Romi Roberto, Nicolescu Gabriela, do Rosário Virgílio E, Ozer Nurdan, Fontenille Didier, Pinto João
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There is a growing concern that global climate change will affect the potential for pathogen transmission by insect species that are vectors of human diseases. One of these species is the former European malaria vector, Anopheles atroparvus. Levels of population differentiation of An. atroparvus from southern Europe were characterized as a first attempt to elucidate patterns of population structure of...
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