Ecological change resulting in high density of Anopheles culicifacies in Karbi Anglong district, Assam, India

The socio-economic development, rapid urbanization, deforestation, agricultural practices, availability of water and climatic changes are causing changes in the ecology of mosquito species. The increase in area under agricultural land, settlements and barren land while decrease in sparse and dense f...

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Published in:Journal of vector borne diseases 2020-10, Vol.57 (4), p.371-374
Main Authors: Dhiman, Ramesh, Yadav, Yogesh, Singh, Poonam
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural management
Animals
Anopheles
Ecology
Ecosystems
India
Insecticides
Malaria
Malaria - epidemiology
Malaria - prevention & control
Medical research
Mosquitoes
Plasmodium falciparum
Remote sensing
Vectors (Biology)
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Summary:The socio-economic development, rapid urbanization, deforestation, agricultural practices, availability of water and climatic changes are causing changes in the ecology of mosquito species. The increase in area under agricultural land, settlements and barren land while decrease in sparse and dense forest is clearly visible (Table 2). Nowadays, this species is diminishing particularly in broken forest and is rarely available and in very low density, the reason of which may be attributed to extensive use of insecticide-treated nets or long-lasting nets and to some extent to deforestation and agricultural practices14. None ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We thank Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India for funding the project under Global Environmental Change and Health task force.
ISSN:0972-9062
DOI:10.4103/0972-9062.311785