Spatio-temporal variations in adult density, abdominal status & indoor resting pattern of Culex quinquefasciatus Say in Panaji, Goa, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 711-719

  Kaliwal, Mahesh B ^a   Kumar, Ashwani ^b   Shanbhag, A B ^c   Dash, A P ^b   Javali, S B ^d  

^a Directorate of Health Services   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^c GOA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d SDM COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Bancroftian filariasis; Culex quinquefasciatus; Density pattern; Meteorological variables; Resting behavior references

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; RAIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FILARIASIS; HUMIDITY; IMAGO; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CULEX; FEMALE; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE;

EID: 77952371563     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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