Indoor, day-resting collections of Anopheles minimus mosquitos from human dwellings in the study area in Assam, India, indicated that these insects were prevalent throughout the year and that their maximum abundance occurred from March to August. A. minimus was identified as a vector of malaria, and sporozoite infections were recorded every month of the year, with the highest rating occurring i...

An investigation was carried out over a year in the village of Chelow, Hormozgan Province, southern Iran, to study the efficacy of CDC light traps for sampling malaria vectors. The CDC light traps were useful in determining the seasonal and habitat distribution of Anopheles stephensi and An. fluviatilis, the primary and secondary vectors of malaria, in Chelow, as well as other mosquitoes in tha...

The foothills of the Western Ghats were once hyperendemic for malaria. These hill ranges have an extremely rich flora and fauna. The earliest surveys of anophelines were carried out in the early decades of this century, and culminated in the publication of a monograph on the Indian anophelines by Christophers in 1933. Subsequently, studies were carried out by Covell and Harbhagwan (1939) and Ve...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES The study examines occurrence of anopheline mosquitoes in seven districts--Dehradun, Pauri, New Tehri, Hardwar, Rudraprayag, Chamoli and Uttarkashi of Garhwal region in Uttarakhand state, India. METHODS The methodological approach comprised sampling and processing of adult/immature mosquitoes, data compilation, meteorological information and parasitological survey. R...

Several species of the family Culicidae are important vectors of diseases in humans and other animals. Immature stages are filter-feeders of organic particulate matter and microorganisms. Studies on microbial diversity can contribute to the discovery of new substances that can be used in the pharmaceutical industry for food or for biological control. The aim of this study was to isolate and ide...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Malaria has become endemic and subject of concern in most part of the India especially Northeastern states of India. Surveys before 2000 revealed that Anopheles minimus was major vector responsible for transmission of malaria in this region followed by An. dirus and An. fluviatilis. However, recent studies indicate replacement of An. minimus vector by An. culicifacies du...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Anopheles minimus and An. fluviatilis were incriminated as the major malaria vectors in Keonjhar district of Odisha State recently. This study was carried out to elucidate the potential role of these two vector species in transmission of malaria during different seasons, and vectorial capacity of these species was also estimated. METHODS Three hilly and forested villag...

Malaria epidemiology is complex due to multiplicity of disease vectors, sibling species complex and variations in bionomical characteristics, vast varied terrain, various ecological determinants. There are six major mosquito vector taxa in India, viz. Anopheles culicifacies, An. fluviatilis, An. stephensi, An. minimus, An. dirus and An. sundaicus. Among these, An. culicifacies is widely distrib...