Anopheline mosquitoes in District Ramgarh (Jharkhand), India

Journal of vector borne diseases, 2006

In the past few decades, there have been change in the malaria distribution pattern due to several environmental and manmade conditions including developmental activities. Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh adjoining the capital of India, Delhi once has rural malaria epidemic, but due to developmental activities by urbanization the breeding patterns of Anopheles is changing resulting in changed malaria transmission dynamics. Vector incrimination using ELISA and its confirmation by PCR is done to know the malaria transmission potential of Anopheles mosquito. Only 2.62 % mosquitoes collected were Anopheles spp. along with Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes spp. 1.17% anopheles mosquitoes were found infected with Plasmodium parasite as detected by ELISA of which 0.58% were confirmed by PCR. Reportedly An. culicifacies acting as vector of malaria since 1976. It is still doing its part in transmission while urban vector An. stephensi which appeared around 2005 is slowly becoming a major vector for malaria transmission in rural as well as urban along with peri-urban.

The Indian journal of medical research, 1989

The anopheline fauna was surveyed in Koraput district of Orissa, which is highly malarious. A total of 62,086 anophelines belonging to 22 species and two varieties were collected, including eight species of anophelines which are recognized malarial vectors in India. Anopheles sergenti, A. pulcherrimus, A. jeyporiensis var candidiensis and A. annularis var adiei was recorded for the first time in this area. A total of 24154 mosquitoes were dissected and 18 mosquitoes belonging to four species, A. fluviatilis. A. annularis, A. culicifacies and A. aconitus were found with the gut/gland infection.

2020

Despite tremendous efforts over the past century, malaria remains the major health burdenin the state Odisha, India. In view of designing a situation specific malaria control strategy,baseline data on bionomics of major Anopheles vectors were collected from three malariogenicalstratified districts of Odisha. A comparative study of vector abundance, seasonal prevalence,habit/habitats, resting sites preference, parity rate, proportion of human blood fedvectors and Anopheline species composition was established in a high (Kalahandi), moderate(Bargarh) and a low endemic (Cuttack) districts, when malaria transmission was at itspeak level. The mosquito collection showed a wide range of Anopheline fauna diversificationwith collection of two efficient malaria vectors i.e. An. culicifacies, the primary vectorwith a high peak value during monsoon and An. annularis, the secondary vector in threestudy districts. Both vectors was significantly more in indoor than outdoor in the three districtsan...

Medical and …, 2005

Abstract. The risk of acquiring malaria transmitted by Anopheles baimaii Sallum & Peyton, 2005, formerly known as An. dirus species D (Sallum et al., 2005)(Diptera: Culicidae), at different hours of the night in a forest-fringed village of Assam, North-east India was ...

Journal of arthropod-borne diseases, 2017

Orang Primary Health Centre (OPHC) and Balipara Primary Health Centre (BPHC) of Assam (India) report mosquito borne diseases annually. Current study was performed to ascertain the prevalence of known malaria and Japanese Encephalitis (JE) vectors and their possible role in disease transmission. Malaria epidemiological data for 2006-2010 and JE data for 2008-2013 of Assam, India were obtained from the health authority. Mosquitoes were collected using CDC light traps and identified morpho-taxonomically. Plasmodium falciparum cases (81.5%, 95% CI= 72.0-91.1) were statistically higher in OPHC (P< 0.0001, t= 8.0) during the recent years. There was 4.4 folds rise in the confirmed acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) and 3.2 folds increase in the confirmed JE cases during 2013 as compared to 2008. Altogether 9,218 mosquito specimens (PTND= 153.6), comprising of 44.1% anophelines (PTND= 67.7), 42.3% culicines (PTND= 65.0) and 9.5% mansonia (PTND= 14.6) were recorded. In BPHC, Anopheles vagu...

Entomological Research, 2010

With the proliferation of the internet, coupled with the growing acceptance of the digital lifestyle and the world becoming increasingly addicted to e-business, the trend of cash transactions is now giving way to electronic payment system. Considering the rapid spread in the adoption of electronic banking as a channel for performing various bank transactions among banks in Nigeria, this study investigated the roles e-banking adoption has played in the performance of organizations using a case study of commercial banks in Nigeria. Hence the objective of the study was to determine the role of e-banking on the operational efficiency of commercial banks in Nigeria. In pursuance of this objective, primary data were obtained by administering questionnaires to staff of four purposively selected banks (Ecobank, UBA, GTB and First bank). Pearson correlation was used to analyse the results obtained using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and it was observed that banks’ operational efficiency in Nigeria since the adoption of electronic banking has improved compared to the era of traditional banking. This improvement was noticed in the strength of banks, revenue and capital bases, as well as in customers’ loyalty. It was concluded that the introduction of new channels into their ebanking operations drastically increased bank performances, since the more active customers are with their electronic transactions the more profitable it is for the banks.

Zoomorphic bronze weights are recorded from the ancient Late-Bronze and Iron Age sites in Israel and its neighboring countries, Phoenicia, Syria, Assyria and Egypt. 1 Many more such weights are kept in public and private collections with unrecorded origin. 2 The weights are cast in the shape of different animals: lions, bulls, cows, calf's heads, bovines, monkeys, goats, gazelles, ducks, birds, fish, tortoises, frogs, scorpions, grasshoppers or flies. Sphinxes and hybrid creatures are also recorded. 3 Among the Iron Age II zoomorphic weights dated to the 8 th century B.C.E., there are examples carrying inscriptions in Phoenician or Aramaic letters indicating their weight. Additional inscribed weights belonging to the same system are geometric in shape: cubic, lentoid or dome-shaped. 4 To date, the following 20 inscribed weights were recorded: