Impact of season on filarial vector density and infection in Raipur City of Chhattisgarh, India

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 212-218

  Dixit, Vandana ^a   Baghel, Paramanand ^b   Gupta, A K ^b   Bisen, P S ^c   Prasad, G B K S ^a  

^a JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PT RAVISHANKAR SHUKLA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Bisen Biotech and Biopharma Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Culex quinquefasciatus; Density; Infection; Infectivity; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; INDIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; CULEX; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMIDITY; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; POPULATION DENSITY; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 70350001617     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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