Vector potential of houseflies (Musca domestica) in the transmission of Vibrio cholerae in India

Acta Tropica

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-34

  Fotedar, R ^a,b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Musca domestica; Non biting flies; Vectors; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; FLY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHOLERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; HOUSE FLY; HUMAN; INDIA; NONHUMAN; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOUSEFLIES; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

INDIA;

EID: 0035863326     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(00)00162-5     Document Type: Article

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