Tropical Medicine & Surgery

Arup Kumar Ghosh

Publications

• Research Article
  Comparative Studies of Different Indices Related to Filarial Vector of a Rural and an Urban Area of West Bengal, India
  Author(s): Goutam Chandra, Manas Paramanik, Samir Kumar Mondal and Arup Kumar Ghosh Goutam Chandra, Manas Paramanik, Samir Kumar Mondal and Arup Kumar Ghosh
  
  Background: Despite of all types of efforts, mosquito born disease like lymphatic filariasis seems to cause new disease burden in many countries. Proper information about the vector of these diseases is necessary to stop the transmission, but sometime information on vector is scanty from many areas. Present study is designed to collect comparative information about the filarial vector from rural and urban areas of West Bengal in India. Methods: Regular collection of indoor-resting mosquitoes was done from the human habitations of Kolkata (urban area) and Tenya of Murshidabad district (rural area) for 2 years. Collected mosquitoes were identified and examined for different parameters following standard methods recommended by World Health Organization and pioneer workers of the field. Results: In both the areas Wuchereria ba.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-9088.1000104

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