Use of larvivorous fish in biological and environmental control of disease vectors

Biological and Environmental Control of Disease Vectors

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 25-41

  Chandra, Goutam ^a   Ghosh, Anupam ^b   Bhattacharjee, Indranil ^a   Ghosh, Susanta K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

^b BANKURA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

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