Temporal variations in biting density and rhythm of Culex quinquefasciatus in tea agro-ecosystem of Assam, India

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 804-809

  Mahanta, B ^a   Handique, R ^a   Dutta, P ^b   Narain, K ^b   Mahanta, J ^b  

^a DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; INDIA; INSECT BITE; PARASITOLOGY; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEA; TEMPERATURE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CULEX; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; PERIODICITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEA; TEMPERATURE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0033288502     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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