Diurnal pattern of human-biting activity and transmission of subperiodic Wuchereria bancrofti (filariidea: Dipetalonematidae) by Ochlerotatus niveus (diptera: Culicidae) on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-277

  Shriram, Ananganallur N ^a   Ramaiah, Kapa D ^b   Krishnamoorthy, Kaliannagounder ^b   Sehgal, Subash C ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FILARIASIS; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INSECT BITE; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); LARVA; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; OCHLEROTATUS; OCHLEROTATUS NIVEUS; SEASON; TIME; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CULICIDAE; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; INDIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 18244372713     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.72.273     Document Type: Article

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