Larvivorous fish in wells target the malaria vector sibling species of the Anopheles culicifacies complex in villages in Karnataka, India

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-105

  Ghosh, S K ^a   Tiwari, S N ^a   Sathyanarayan, T S ^a   Sampath, T R R ^a   Sharma, V P ^a   Nanda, Nutan ^a   Joshi, Hema ^a   Adak, T ^a   Subbarao, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anopheles culicifacies species A; Anopheles culicifacies species B; Anopheles fluviatilis species T; India; Larvivorous fish; Malaria

Indexed keywords

WELL WATER;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CATTLE; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LARVAL STAGE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SERICULTURE; SIBLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREAM (RIVER);

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; POECILIA; RURAL HEALTH; WATER SUPPLY;

ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES A; ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES B; ANOPHELES FLUVIATILIS; POECILIA; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 11144257896     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2004.03.009     Document Type: Article

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