BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Malaria is the major health problem in western Rajasthan yet its vector fauna and transmission dynamics thereof is not understood properly. The present investigations report complete profile of qualitative and quantitative aspects of anopheline species occurring in different settings of desert ecosystem. METHODS Area with irrigation through canal for more than 20 years...

An ethno-botanical survey of some threatened & endangered medicinal plants of milkweed family was undertaken by means of oral questionnaire. The aim of present survey is to collect information about these valuable plants of Asclepiadaceae used in the treatments of various ailments and to spot the knowledgeable traditional healers among different communities in rural areas of Bhilwara, Ajmer, Ud...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Outbreaks of typhoid have been reported from Maharashtra, Bangalore, West Bengal and Pondicherry in India but rarely from Rajasthan. We investigated an outbreak of typhoid in a village of Thar Desert of Rajasthan. METHODS A retrospective cohort study was carried out during May-July 2007 in Varkana village, Pali district, Rajasthan, to identify the risk factor for disea...

Dust storms are one of the major disasters in arid and semi-arid regions. Understanding impact factors is crucial for early warning disaster mitigation. Many have been affecting spatiotemporal patterns dust storms. However, relative importance those to emissions recent 40 years over whole belt has not well documented. This study explored interannual variation belt. The difference primary contri...