Mosquito biting activity on humans & detection of Plasmodium falciparum infection in Anopheles stephensi in Goa, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 120-126

  Korgaonkar, Nandini S ^a   Kumar, Ashwani ^b   Yadav, Rajpal S ^b   Kabadi, Dipak ^a   Dash, Aditya P ^b,c  

^a National Institute of Malaria Research ^*

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^c WHO SEARO   (India)

Author keywords

Anopheles stephensi; Biting activity; Circumsporozoite protein; Entomological inoculation rate; Landing rates; William's mean

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

ADULT; AEDES; AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AEDES STEPHENSI; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; ANOPHELES FLUVIATILIS; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARMIGERES; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; CULEX GELIDUS; CULEX PSEUDOVISHNUI; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCUS; CULEX VISHNUI; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; FAUNA; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; INSECT BITE; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MANSONIA UNIFORMIS; MOSQUITO; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIODICITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; ZOOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; CULICIDAE; ECOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEASONS;

EID: 84863254381     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5916.93434     Document Type: Article

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