Seasonal prevalence and blood meal analysis of filarial vector Culex quinquefasciatus in coastal areas of Digha, West Bengal, India

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 252-256

  Azmi, Syed Afrin ^a   Das, Surajit ^b   Chatterjee, Soumendranath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

^b Kabi Nazrul College Murarai   (India)

Author keywords

Blood meal analysis; Culex quinquefasciatus; Digha; Filariasis; Seasonal prevalence

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOPHELES ANNULARIS; ANOPHELES BARBIROSTRIS; ANOPHELES SUBPICTUS; ANOPHELES SUNDAICUS; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARMIGERES SUBALBATUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX VISHNUI; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; INDIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DOMINANCE; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 84944317856     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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