Mosquito-borne diseases, including malaria, Japanese encephalitis (JE), lymphatic filariasis
and dengue, are major public health concerns in the north-eastern state of Assam, deterring …

Culex gelidus Theobald has emerged as a major vector of Japanese encephalitis virus
(JEV) in India, Southeast Asian countries and Australia. The species has expanded its …

Essential oil based insect repellents are environment friendly and provide dependable
personal protection against the bites of mosquitoes and other blood-sucking insects. In the …

Background Dengue is rapidly expanding mosquito-borne viral infection globally facing
operational challenges due to insecticide resistance in dengue vectors. We have studied the …

BACKGROUND Aedes albopictus is currently the most invasive mosquito species in the
world. Keeping in view the wide emergence of insecticide resistance, it is imperative to focus …

Background Dengue vector control programmes are facing operational challenges due to
resistance against commonly used insecticides throughout the endemic countries. Recently …

J Vector Borne Dis 51, June 2014 134 deltamethrin, wild collected unfed adult female
mosquitoes in the batches of 10–15 number per batch were exposed to 4% DDT and 0.05 …

Japanese encephalitis (JE) has been reported in different districts of Odisha state (east
central India) since 1992. During 2016, a major outbreak of JE and acute encephalitis …

Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) is a major public health concern in India as the aetiology
remains unknown in the majority of cases with the current testing algorithm. We aimed to …

Methods: Mosquitoes were infected by both intrathoracic inoculation and oral feeding and
studied the growth kinetics by determining the virus titre on different days post-infection (PI) …