Breeding preference ratio of dengue and Chikungunya vectors in certain rural villages of Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu, South India

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 787-791

  Wilson, J John ^a,b   Sevarkodiyone, S P ^a,b  

^a AYYA NADAR JANAKI AMMAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Breteau index; Container index; House index; Pupal index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894561332     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2014.30.06.82347     Document Type: Article

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