Medically important mosquitoes in the rubber plantation belt of central Kerala, India
Jomon K V; Valamparampil T T
Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 45(4): 796-800
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 0125-1562 PMID: 25427346 Document Number: 677320
Entomological surveys were carried out in the rubber plantation belt of Kerala to record mosquito fauna. Samples were collected from 23 randomly selected localities using standard methods for a period of three years, from Feb- ruary 2008 to January 2011. Thirty-two species belonging to nine genera: Aedes, Anopheles, Armigeres, Coquillettidia, Culex, Heizmannia, Mansonia, Toxorhynchites, and Uranotaenia were recorded. Many of the recorded species were medically im- portant as potential vectors of dengue fever, chikungunya, Japanese encephalitis, malaria and filariasis.