Utility of expanded polystyrene (EPS) beads in the control of vector-borne diseases

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 291-296

  Sivagnaname, N ^a   Amalraj, D Dominic ^a   Mariappan, T ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Immature density; Mosquito control; Polystyrene beads

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; INSECTICIDE; LARVICIDAL AGENT; POLYSTYRENE;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BREEDING; CONTAMINATION; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DISEASE CARRIER; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FILARIASIS; FISH; HUMAN; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INSECT BITE; KENYA; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEPTIC TANK; SPECIES HABITAT; SURVIVAL; TANK; TANZANIA; VECTOR CONTROL; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 30744479438     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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