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status of lymphatic filariasis in some select slum clusters of delhi.	filaria surveys conducted in some select slum clusters namely hari nagar, yamuna pusht near vijaya ghat along the ring road and timarpur in delhi during 1989, 1991 and 1992 respectively, covering a population of approximately 5000 slum dwellers revealed the presence of bancroftian microfilaria (mf) carriers and disease cases. the mf and disease rates (per cent) in these three slum areas were in the order of 6.3, 2.2, 3.7 and 1.4, 0.5 and 0.1 respectively. the mf density varied from 3.1 to 12.3 p ...	1992	1344178
biometrical variations in haematophagous arthropods. ii. dv/d ratio of male terminalia of wild culex quinquefasciatus say (diptera: culicidae) in india.	the dv/d ratio of male terminalia is considered as most reliable morphometric feature to distinguish culex pipiens from cx. quinquefasciatus. in india although only cx. quinquefasciatus is known both in the filariasis (bancroftian) endemic and non-endemic areas, there has been no study on the amounts of morphometric variation among wild strains of this species. this paper reports variation in the dv/d ratio of cx. quinquefasciatus collected from 7 localities of delhi (d), lucknow (l), patna (p), ...	1990	2230023
role of insects as inhalant allergens in bronchial asthma with special reference to the clinical characteristics of patients.	the whole body extracts (wbes) of 13 common insects from delhi, namely musca domestica (house fly); sitophilus oryzae (rice weevil); callosobrochous maculatus (pulse beetle); anopheles stephensi, culex quinquefasciatus and aedes aegypti (mosquitoes); blattella germanica and periplaneta americana (cockroaches: male, female and nymph); spodoptera litura and heliothis armigera (moths), were prepared to evaluate their allergenic significance in patients with allergic bronchial asthma. intradermal (i ...	1990	2253082
efficacy of igr compound starycide 480 sc (triflumuron) against mosquito larvae in clear and polluted water.	an environmental friendly formulation starycide 480 sc (triflumuron-oms-2015 ), a new insect growth regulator with chitin synthesis inhibitor type mode of action was evaluated against mosquito larvae in laboratory and small-scale field trials carried out in and around delhi.	2005	16294809