The objective of the current study was to investigate the role of waste stabilization ponds (WSP) and wastewater-irrigated sites for the production of mosquitoes of medical importance. Mosquito larvae were collected fortnightly from July 2001 to June 2002 in Faisalabad, Pakistan. In total, 3,132 water samples from WSP and irrigated areas yielded 606,053 Culex larvae of five species. In addition...

Anopheles culicifacies sensu lato collected from Rameshwaram island, Tamil Nadu state, India was identified as species B based on the diagnostic inversion karyotype Xab 2g1+h1 as observed in polytene chromosomes. Among male mitotic karyotypes made from larval neurogonial cells, two types were observed: one with an acrocentric Y-chromosome and the other with a sub-metacentric Y-chromosome, both ...

A focal outbreak of malaria at Bonta sub-centre of PHC Kilvani, the UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli was reported during the month of August, 2014. Seven villages of the above block were affected. During the episode, around 757 fever cases were reported with Slide Positivity Rate (SPR) of 11.6%. The malaria epidemiological data for last three years from the subcentre area indicates that the area is e...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES The Ramgarh district of Jharkhand state, India is highly malarious owing to abundance of different malaria vector species, namely Anopheles culicifacies, An. fluviatilis and An. annularis. In spite of high prevalence of malaria vectors in Ramgarh, their larval ecology and climatic conditions affecting malaria dynamics have never been studied. Therefore, the objective of ...

Background Malarious areas in Iran are close to Afghanistan and Pakistan that urge the researchers to extend their knowledge on malaria epidemiology to the neighboring countries as well. Vectorial capacity differs at species or even at population level, the first essential step is accurate identification of vectors. This study aimed to identify Anopheles species composition in selected malariou...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Anopheles stephensi and A. culicifacies are the two major vectors of malaria in Karnataka. These mosquito populations are continuously being exposed directly or indirectly to different insecticides including the most effective pyrethroids. Therefore, there is a threat of insecticide resistance development. We subjected these vectors to larval bioassay using two popular p...

BACKGROUND Anopheles culicifacies, a major malarial vector has been recognized as a complex of five sibling species, A, B, C, D and E. These sibling species exhibit varied vectorial capacity, host specificity and susceptibility to malarial parasites/ insecticides. In this study, a PCR assay developed earlier for distinguishing the five individual species was validated on samples of An. culicifa...

Objectives To evaluate the entomological efficacy and residual activity of indoor spraying with Fludora® Fusion 562.5 WP-SB, a combination formulation containing clothianidin, neonicotinoid deltamethrin, pyrethroid, against main rural malaria vector, Anopheles culicifacies s.l., in India small-scale trial. Methods In three study villages, suitable households were randomly allocated to five trea...

In India National Vector Borne Diseases Control programme is an umbrella organization for management and control of six out eight insect-borne human diseases, viz., Malaria, Lymphatic Filariasis (LF), Kala-azar, Dengue/ Chikungunya, Japanese Encephalitis. Of these, committed elimination the first three diseases from country. 8.6% India’s total population belongs to tribal community yet contribu...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Various plant-based products are safe and biodegradable alternatives to synthetic chemicals for use against mosquitoes. Oil of Pinus longifolia is traditionally used for protection against mosquitoes in some rural areas but there is no documented report of its use against mosquitoes. The present study was undertaken to scientifically evaluate the activity of Pine oil a...