Use of different coloured ovitraps in the surveillance of Aedes mosquitoes in an arid-urban area of western Rajasthan, India

Background & objectives: In the absence of any commercially available dengue vaccine or antiviral therapy, controlling the primary mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti, is currently the only means to prevent dengue outbreaks. Ovitraps are being employed as a sensitive method for detecting the presence...

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Main Authors: Rina Kumawat, Karam V. Singh, S.K. Bansal, Himmat Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-12-01
Series:Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
Online Access:http://www.mrcindia.org/journal/issues/514320.pdf