Effect of DDT on Phlebotomus sandflies in Kala-Azar endemic foci in West Bengal.
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1996-09-01
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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.
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Mukhopadhyay AK, Hati AK, Chakraborty S, Saxena NB. Effect of DDT on Phlebotomus sandflies in Kala-Azar endemic foci in West Bengal. Journal of Communicable Diseases. 1996 Sep; 28(3): 171-5