| indoor resting density, survival rate and host preference of culex quinquefasciatus say (diptera: culicidae) in mysore city. | monthly indoor resting density, age distribution, survival rate and host-preference of culex quinquefasciatus, a filariasis vector were studied from june 1988 to may 1989 in mysore city. during this period, a total of 7522 adults were collected in 72 man-hour of search spreading to twelve spots covering the entire city. the annual per man-hour density observed was 104.5, being 76.8 for female and 24.3 for male. nulliparous and parous (1-parous and 2-parous) mosquitoes were collected throughout t ... | 1992 | 1296948 |
| biting density, behavior and age distribution of culex quinquefasciatus, say in mysore city, india. | the seasonal abundance, night indoor biting behavior and parity of culex quinquefasciatus were investigated for a period of one year from june 1988 to may 1989 in mysore city. twelve-hour night-time biting catches were carried out from 1800-0600 hours at four selected urban localities. the biting cycle revealed that cx. quinquefasciatus was active throughout the night, with peak activity at 2200-2300 hours. the biting proportion of nulliparous and parous mosquitos during different hours of the n ... | 1993 | 8362290 |
| susceptibility difference in two populations of culex quinquefasciatus say (diptera: culicidae) to three synthetic pyrethroids. | three synthetic pyrethroids were tested for their efficacy against two populations of the filariasis vector culex quinquefasciatus under laboratory conditions following the who procedure, emulsifiable concentration and technical grade formulations of deltamethrin (2.5% wp), cypermethrin (1.0% ec) and permethrin (25% ec) were employed on the larvae of the said species collected from mysore and mandya. all the three pyrethroids were found to be effective. but among the three, deltamethrin was foun ... | 1993 | 8160066 |