Plying of speedboats along canals in the city of Kolkata, India, to prevent mosquito breeding

Background Two long sewerage canals in the city of Kolkata, India were heavily infested with larvae, pupae and egg rafts of the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus. Although the burden of bancroftian filariasis and other diseases transmitted by C. quinquefasciatus in the city is practically zero, the ni...

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Published in:	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Vol. 107; no. 3; pp. 147 - 151
Main Authors:	Biswas, Debashis, Mandal, Bithika, Biswas, Baishakhi, Banerjee, Atanu, Mukherjee, Tapan K.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Oxford University Press 01-03-2013
Subjects:	Animals Biological and medical sciences Culex General aspects India Insecticides Medical sciences Mosquito Control - methods Sewage - parasitology Ships Temefos Water - parasitology Asia India Wave Rowing-boat Mosquitogenic canal Kolkata Temephos 50% EC Speedboat Insecta Culex quinquefasciatus Prevention Arthropoda Culicidae Tropical medicine Invertebrata Diptera Boat
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