title: Prevalence of Ascogregarina spp. in the container breeding Aedes albopictus from Chikungunya fever affected areas of Kerala State, India.
abstract: The prevalence of protozoan, Ascogregarina sp. had been determined in the container breeding mosquitoes, Aedes albopictus. Since, the cyst of Ascogregarina might play role in the maintenance of the Chik virus during silent period, the presence of Ascogregarina has gained importance in recent days. The prevalence was found to be 71.62.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research in Medical Entomology, Indian Council of Medical Research, Madurai, India. mmuniaraj@yahoo.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muniaraj
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rajendran
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arunachalam
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Paramasivan
authors.forename: P Philip
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Samuel
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000821:virology; D018354:Alphavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D000818:Animals; D016782:Apicomplexa / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001947:Breeding; D065632:Chikungunya Fever; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D015995:Prevalence