A rapid assessment of mosquito breeding, vector control measures and treatment seeking behaviour in selected slums of Surat, Gujarat, India, during post-flood period

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-327

  Pawar, A B ^a   Bansal, R K ^a   Kumar, M ^a   Jain, N C ^a   Vaishnav, K G ^b  

^a Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education & Research   (India)

^b Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology   (India)

Author keywords

India; Post flood; Treatment seeking behaviour; Urban slums; Vector control

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; INSECTICIDE; PRIMAQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; BREEDING; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLOODING; HABITAT SELECTION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULICIDAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; FLOODS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY AREAS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57749209675     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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