Medically important mosquitoes in the rubber plantation belt of central Kerala, India.
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Entomological surveys were carried out in the rubber plantation belt of Kerala to record mosquito fauna. Samples were collected from 23 randomly selected localities using standard methods for a period of three years, from Feb- ruary 2008 to January 2011. Thirty-two species belonging to nine genera: Aedes, Anopheles, Armigeres, Coquillettidia, Culex, Heizmannia, Mansonia, Toxorhynchites, and Uranotaenia were recorded. Many of the recorded species were medically im- portant as potential vectors of dengue fever, chikungunya, Japanese encephalitis, malaria and filariasis.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health
دوره 45 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014