Effect of DDT on Phlebotomus Sandflies in Kala-Azar Endemic Foci in West Bengal

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 171-175

  Mukhopadhyay, A K ^a   Hati, A K ^b   Chakraborty, Subhash ^a   Saxena, N B L ^b  

^a Reg Off for Hlth/Family Welfare   (India)

^b CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIA; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; PHLEBOTOMUS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DDT; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PHLEBOTOMUS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS;

EID: 0030227671     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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