IMPACT OF DDT INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING ON PHLEBOTOMUS-ARGENTIPES IN AKALA-AZAR ENDEMIC VILLAGE IN EASTERN UTTAR-PRADESH

Authors
KAUL SM SHARMA RS DEY KP RAI RN VERGHESE T
Citation
Sm. Kaul et al., IMPACT OF DDT INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING ON PHLEBOTOMUS-ARGENTIPES IN AKALA-AZAR ENDEMIC VILLAGE IN EASTERN UTTAR-PRADESH, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 72(1), 1994, pp. 79-81
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Bulletin of the World Health Organization → ACNP
ISSN journal
00429686
Volume
72
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
79 - 81
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-9686(1994)72:1<79:IODIRS>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Data on the operational efficacy of DDT indoor residual spraying again st Phlebotomus argentipes, the vector of kala-azar in India, are scarc e. We therefore undertook a study of the impact on kala-azar and its v ector of DDT indoor residual spraying in the Varanasi district of east ern Uttar Pradesh. Preliminary results indicate that after two rounds of DDT spraying in one village no P. argentipes were found during the peak vector season; in contrast, a large number of these sandfies were collected in the unsprayed comparison village.