title: Anopheline fauna and malaria incidence in Changlang District (Arunachal Pradesh).
abstract: Data on malaria incidence and prevalence as well as on abundance of anopheline species collected in Jairampur, Arunachal Pradesh, show that P. falciparum contributed 27.59% of the total positive cases, most of these being recorded during July to September. Of the twelve anopheline species recorded, Anopheles maculatus was the most predominant comprising 54.32% of the total collection. Other common species were An. peditaeniatus, An. philippinensis and An. kochi in order of decreasing proportion. An. dirus, the known vector, was collected in the whole-night human bait catches (indoor) but in low numbers. An. philippinensis is implicated as another potential vector, and changes in anopheline/vector fauna are attributed to ecological succession.
authors.affiliation: Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR), Dibrugarh, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dev
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Bhattacharrya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007303:Insect Vectors; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D010961:Plasmodium; D012621:Seasons