Overhead tank is the potential breeding habitat of Anopheles stephensi in an urban transmission setting of Chennai, India

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Thomas, Shalu ^a,b   Ravishankaran, Sangamithra ^a   Justin, Johnson A ^a   Asokan, Aswin ^a   Mathai, Manu T ^b   Valecha, Neena ^a   Thomas, Matthew B ^c   Eapen, Alex ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^b MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE   (India)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles stephensi; Chennai; Urban malaria; Vector control

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; WATER;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREEN ALGA; INDIA; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY HABITAT; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; VECTOR CONTROL; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CITY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOSQUITO VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BREEDING; CITIES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOSQUITO VECTORS; WATER;

EID: 84969677248     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1321-7     Document Type: Article

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