title: Gel diffusion analysis of host preference pattern of Anopheles subpictus in West Bengal, India.
abstract: Host preference pattern of Anopheles subpictus was studied from cattlesheds and human dwellings of Uttarpara, Hooghly, West Bengal using a modified gel diffusion technique. Our results reveal that An subpictus is becoming less zoophagic in this area.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, India.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000502:physiology*; D002020:Buffaloes / Q000097:blood*; D002417:Cattle / Q000097:blood*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000502:physiology*; D008288:Malaria / Q000635:transmission*