Larvivorous fish against malaria vectors: a new outlook

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1063-1064

  Ghosh, S K ^a   Dash, A P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Control; Gambusia; Insect vectors; Malaria; Poecilia

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; WELL WATER;

ANOPHELES; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; FISH; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LARVIVORE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; POLLUTION; POND; REVIEW; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES INTRODUCTION; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DISEASE VECTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POECILIA; RURAL HEALTH;

GAMBUSIA; HEXAPODA; POECILIA;

EID: 34548853720     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.07.008     Document Type: Review

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