March 2014

Mosquito vector survey in Guwahati city of Assam, India

Mosquitoes of the family Culicidae are distributed worldwide and comprise about 3500 species. The diversity of the mosquito species varies among different geographical regions of the world. Assam is situated in the subtropical region with fluctuation in temperature in different seasons and heavy rainfall occurs in a particular period. So, mosquito vector surveys were conducted in different seasons to identify the...

Author(s): J. C. Kalita, Alak Ch. Deka and Kaushik Misra