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Effect of DDT on Phlebotomus sandflies in Kala-Azar endemic foci in West Bengal.
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1996
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BiologyVector ManagementWest BengalNatural SciencesEntomologyEvolutionary BiologyKala-azar Endemic FociPlant PathologyPest ManagementPest ControlPhlebotomus SandfliesPublic HealthVector ControlDdt SprayTime Ddt SprayParasitologyVector Borne Disease
Phlebotomous argentipes, the vector of Kala-azar was found susceptible to DDT and found to reappear in the nine months after one time DDT spray at the rate of lg/m2 in three endemic foci of districts North and South 24-Parganas of West Bengal. Ph. papatasi, the other predominant species found resistant to DDT appeared within one month of DDT spray.