Studies on the maintenance of 'self-sustained' mosquito vector population in Vaigai river, South India

Current Science

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 57-68

  Kamaladhasan, N ^a   Tyagi, B K ^b   Swamy, P S ^a   Chandrasekaran, S ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Centre for Research in Medical Entomology (ICMR)   (India)

Author keywords

Animal husbandry; Aquatic vegetation; Larval density; Sewage inlets; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958093488     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18520/cs/v110/i1/53-64     Document Type: Article

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