Comparative efficacy of two poeciliid fish in indoor cement tanks against chikungunya vector Aedes aegypti in villages in Karnataka, India

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ghosh, Susanta K ^b   Chakaravarthy, Preethi ^b   Panch, Sandhya R ^b   Krishnappa, Pushpalatha ^b   Tiwari, Satyanarayan ^a   Ojha, Vijay P ^a   Manjushree, R ^c   Dash, Aditya P ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^b Research Institute   (India)

^c Office of the District Health and Family Welfare Services   (India)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEDES; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FISH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LARVA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; VIROLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEDES; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FISHES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POECILIA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052191238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-599     Document Type: Article

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