Environmental management through sluice gated bed–dam: A revived strategy for the control of Anopheles fluviatilis breeding in streams

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 140, Issue AUG 2014, 2014, Pages 296-301

  Sahu, S S ^a   Gunasekaran, K ^a   Jambulingam, P ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Anopheles fluviatilis; Bed dam; Environmental management; Malaria; Sluice gate; Stream

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES FLUVIATILIS; ARTICLE; DAM (BARRIER); DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISTRICT RURAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SLUICE GATE; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTION; RIVER; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84907525986     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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