Identification of Anopheles fauna in a hyperendemic falciparum area of Orissa State, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 178-182

  Sahu, S S ^a   Gunasekaran, K ^a   Jambulingam, P ^a   Krishnamoorthy, N ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

An. fluviatilis; An. minimus; Anopheles fauna; India; Orissa; Sporozoite rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES FLUVIATILIS; ANOPHELES MACULATUS; ANOPHELES MINIMUS; ANOPHELES SPLENDIDUS; ARTICLE; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDIA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPOROZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ENTOMOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPOROZOITES;

EID: 46649120526     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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