Effect of DDT on Phlebotomus sandflies in Kala-Azar endemic foci in West Bengal
Mukhopadhyay, A.K.; Hati, A.K.; Chakraborty, S.; Saxena, N.B.
Journal of Communicable Diseases 28(3): 171-175
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0019-5138 PMID: 8973016 Document Number: 464845
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 it the rate of lg/m-2 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 mouth of DDT spray.
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