Declining trend of malaria in Car Nicobar Island, inhabited by the Nicobarese tribe: Plausible factors

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 178-181

  Sunish, I P ^a   Khan, Zahid Ali ^a   Shriram, A N ^a   Vijayachari, P ^a  

^a ICMR Regional Medical Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Anopheles sundaicus; Car Nicobar; Larvivorous fish; Malaria

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; INSECT REPELLENT;

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES SUNDAICUS; CAR NICOBAR ISLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYGIENE; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); LARVIVORE; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO BITE; NICOBARESE (PEOPLE); NOTE; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PREVALENCE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TRACHOMA; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; BED NET; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECTS; INDIA; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION GROUP; PROCEDURES; TIME;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; ISLANDS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION GROUPS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84936126610     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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