Combined effect of physico-chemical and microbial quality of breeding habitat water on oviposition of malarial vector Anopheles subpictus.

ABSTRACT: Mosquitoes prefer diverse water bodies for egg laying and larval survival. Present study was performed with an objective to characterize physico-chemical properties and microbial profiling of breeding habitat water bodies of Anopheles subpictus mosquitoes. A field survey was accomplished to check the presence of An. subpictus larvae to record per dip larval density in various breeding habitats throughout the year. Physico-chemical and bacteriological properties in relation to mosquito oviposition were assessed. Dissolved oxygen content, pH and alkalinity were found to have major impacts and ponderosity on the prevalence of An. subpictus larvae. Larval density showed significant positive correlation with dissolved oxygen content of water and significant negative correlation with pH and alka

SUBMITTER: Seal M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10004544 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature