A review on Anopheles subpictus Grassi-A biological vector

Acta Tropica

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 142-154

  Chandra, Goutam ^a   Bhattacharjee, Indranil ^a   Chatterjee, Soumendranath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

Author keywords

Anopheles subpictus; Bionomics; Control; Geographical distribution; Human pathogens; Insecticide resistance; Sibling species; Vector

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PATHOGEN;

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES SUBPICTUS; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; FILARIASIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HABITAT; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; MALAYSIA; MALDIVES; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAKISTAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PHILIPPINES; REMOTE SENSING; REVIEW; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SRI LANKA; TIMOR-LESTE; VECTOR CONTROL; VIET NAM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FEVER;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ARBOVIRUSES; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; DISEASE VECTORS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECTICIDES; OCEANIA; PLASMODIUM;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; SRI LANKA; SULAWESI; SUNDA ISLES;

ANOPHELES SUBPICTUS; ARBOVIRUS; VERMES;

EID: 77953022448     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.02.005     Document Type: Review

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