Development of multiplex real-time PCR assays for identification of members of the Anopheles funestus species group.

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Published in Malar J on December 09, 2009

Authors

Samuel B Vezenegho1, Chris Bass, Mirel Puinean, Martin S Williamson, Linda M Field, Maureen Coetzee, Lizette L Koekemoer

Author Affiliations

1: Vector Control Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the NHLS, Private Bag X4, Sandringham, Johannesburg 2131, South Africa.

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