title: Effect of DDT on Phlebotomus sandflies in Kala-Azar endemic foci in West Bengal.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Regional Office for Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India, Calcutta.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Hati
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Saxena
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003634:DDT; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007300:Insect Control; D007303:Insect Vectors; D007305:Insecticide Resistance; D007306:Insecticides; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010691:Phlebotomus; D011156:Population Density; D012621:Seasons
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D003634:DDT