A review on Anopheles culicifacies: From bionomics to control with special reference to Indian subcontinent

Acta Tropica

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-97

  Barik, T K ^a   Sahu, B ^b   Swain, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anopheles culicifacies s.l.; Bionomics; Control; Distribution; Malaria; Sibling species

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE; RAIN;

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; SIBLING; SYMPATRY;

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; BED NET; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BITE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HABITAT; INDIAN; INSECT SWARM; LONGEVITY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MATING; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PLANT PRODUCT; PLASTICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIBLING; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPOROZOITE; SYMPATRY; TEMPERATURE; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES;

EID: 58049209672     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.09.017     Document Type: Review

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