Multiple insecticide resistance/susceptibility status of Culex quinquefasciatus, principal vector of bancroftian filariasis from filaria endemic areas of northern India

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 426-429

  Kumar, Kaushal ^a   Sharma, Abhay K ^a   Kumar, Sarita ^a   Patel, Sunita ^b   Sarkar, Manas ^a   Chauhan, LS ^a  

^a National Centre for Disease Control   (India)

^b National Centre for Diseases Control   (India)

Author keywords

Culex quinquefasciatus; DDT; Filaria; Insecticide resistance; Malathion; Synthetic pyrethroid

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; CYFLUTHRIN; CYHALOTHRIN; DELTAMETHRIN; MALATHION; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID; TEMEFOS;

ARTICLE; BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; IMAGO; INDIA; INSECT RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LARVAL STAGE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; CULEX; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 79960236328     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: 19957645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60119-3     Document Type: Article

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