Mosquito records from a hot and dry climatic area experiencing frequent outbreaks of japanese encephalitis, Bellary District, Karnataka, India

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-10

  Kanojia, P C ^a   Jamgaonkar, A V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Bellary district; Culex tritaeniorhynchus; Hot and dry area; Japanese encephalitis; Mosquito fauna

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCHUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; LUTZIA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; HEAT; INDIA; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CULICIDAE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; HEAT; INDIA; WATER;

EID: 44649147266     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/5561.1     Document Type: Article

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