Effect of DDT on Phlebotomus sandflies in Kala-Azar endemic foci in West Bengal.
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.
Mukhopadhyay
A K
AK
Regional Office for Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India, Calcutta.
Hati
A K
AK
Chakraborty
S
S
Saxena
N B
NB
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
D007306:Insecticides; D003634:DDT