Larval Ecology and Mosquito Fauna of Upper Brahmaputra Valley, Northeast India

Indian Journal of Malariology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 131-145

  Khan, S A ^a   Handique, R ^b   Tewari, S C ^c   Dutta, P ^a   Narain, K ^a   Mahanta, J ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Centre for Research in Medical Entomology ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

Japanese encephalitis; Malaria; Mosquito fauna; Northeast India; Vectors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; INDIA; LARVA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; ECOLOGY; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALARIA;

EID: 0032151168     PISSN: 03678326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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