Bionomics of anopheles minimus and An. fluviatilis (Diptera: Culicidae) in east-central India, endemic for falciparum malaria: Human landing rates, host feeding, and parity

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1045-1051

  Sahu, Sudhansu Sekhar ^a   Gunasekaran, Kasinathan ^a   Jambulingam, Purusothaman ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

India

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES MINIMUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; OVIPARITY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; OVIPARITY;

EID: 70350491025     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0511     Document Type: Article

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