Entomological studies for surveillance and prevention of dengue in arid and semi-arid districts of Rajasthan, India.

Keerti Sharma, Bennet Angel, Himmat Singh, Anil Purohit, Vinod Joshi

PubMed · 2008 · 19 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

Water storage habits during summer season emerged to be the risk factor of vector abundance in urban areas of arid and semi-arid settings. A carefully designed study of key containers targeting cement tanks as the primary habitats of mosquito control may lead to commendable results for dengue prevention.

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