Sustainable control of malaria employing Gambusia fishes as biological control in Jalore and Barmer districts of Western Rajasthan

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dc.contributor.authorSingh, Himmaten_US
dc.contributor.authorGupta, Sanjeev Kumaren_US
dc.contributor.authorVikram, Kumaren_US
dc.contributor.authorSaxena, Rekhaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSrivastava, Arunaen_US
dc.contributor.authorNagpal, B. N.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-17T08:43:54Z
dc.date.available2023-06-17T08:43:54Z
dc.date.issued2022-01
dc.description.abstractSardar Sarovar Irrigation Canal system was constructed by Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA) to cater to drinking water as well as for irrigation purposes in Jalore and Barmer districts of Western Rajasthan. To cater to the needs of water for the villagers in the command areas, ‘Diggies’ (surface water tanks) with ‘Sumpwells’ (water supply surface tanks) were installed. In a health impact assessment study of the irrigation canals from December 2010 to February 2016, the breeding of two major malaria vectors. An. culicifacies and An. stephensi were observed in diggies and sumpwells. As a biological control, Gambusia affanis fishes were employed for larval control in such stagnated water sites during the intervention phase viz. February 2012 in 251 diggies and 251 sumpwells. A significant reduction of breeding in diggies (99.54%) and sumpwells (97.81%) was observed. The positivity and larval density (dip index) were monitored in the control from up to February 2016 for their sustainability.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, New Delhi, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationSingh Himmat, Gupta Sanjeev Kumar, Vikram Kumar, Saxena Rekha, Srivastava Aruna, Nagpal B. N.. Sustainable control of malaria employing Gambusia fishes as biological control in Jalore and Barmer districts of Western Rajasthan. Journal of Vector Borne Diseases . 2022 Jan; 59(1): 91-97en_US
dc.identifier.issn0972-9062
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/216856
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherWolters Kluwer – Medknowen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber1en_US
dc.relation.volume59en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.4103/0972-9062.346869en_US
dc.subjectBiological controlen_US
dc.subjectlarvivorus fishen_US
dc.subjectAnophelesen_US
dc.subjectmalariaen_US
dc.subjectdiggiesen_US
dc.subjectsumpwellsen_US
dc.titleSustainable control of malaria employing Gambusia fishes as biological control in Jalore and Barmer districts of Western Rajasthanen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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