Breeding and day resting habitats of Anopheles dirus in Assam, India.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
;
1997 Sep; 28(3): 610-4
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in English
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| ID: sea-33894
ABSTRACT
Longitudinal surveys at monthly frequency were carried out during 1995-1996 in a forest fringed village of district Dibrugarh, Assam to decipher the breeding and day resting habitats of Anopheles dirus. It regularly bred in small, shallow, rain filled, transient, shady or partly shady puddles/ground pools in the rainy months and in the perinneal streams in the adjoining forest of the village during dry months. In pools, the degree of interspecific association (0.238 +/- 0.174) and index of association (0.428) of An. dirus breeding was highest with Aedes caecus. An. dirus was completely exophilic and rested during day time in the forest mostly on tree trunks upto the height of 4-5 feet from the ground in dark moist niches avoiding direct sun light.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Reproduction
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Rest
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Time Factors
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Trees
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Female
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Male
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Longitudinal Studies
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Ecosystem
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Fresh Water
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India
Type of study:
Observational study
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Risk factors
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Year:
1997
Type:
Article
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