Malaria transmission risk by the mosquito Anopheles baimaii (formerly known as An. dirus species D) at different hours of the night in North-east India

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 423-427

  Prakash, A ^a   Bhattacharyya, D R ^a   Mohapatra, P K ^a   Mahanta, J ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Anopheles baimaii; Biting pattern; Entomological inoculation rate; Malaria transmission; Mosquito parous rate; North east india; Sporozoite rate

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DIURNAL VARIATION; MALARIA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INSECT BITE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; RISK; SPOROZOITE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; RISK; SPOROZOITES; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 29144521681     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2005.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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