Seasonal Prevalence of Anopheles dirus and Malaria Transmission in a Forest Fringed Village of Assam, India

Indian Journal of Malariology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 117-125

  Prakash, Anil ^a   Bhattacharyya, D R ^a   Mohapatra, P K ^a   Mahanta, J ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Anopheles dirus; Bionomics; Forest malaria; Sporozoite rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 0031219035     PISSN: 03678326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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