Aarti Rama

Understanding Behavioural Temperament of Phlebotomus argentipes Under the Influence of DDT-IRS Versus SP-IRS for Scoping New Approaches for Maximum Control Over the VL-Vector Population in Bihar

Vijay Kumar, Aarti Rama, Rakesh Mandal & Pradeep Das · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2019

Background: After the decades of Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) use, Phlebotomus argentipes reportedly developed resistance against it affecting every aspect of vector control at grass-root level. Although DDT based Indoor Residual Spray (IRS) has been replaced with Alphac...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v40i130217

Investigating Associative Impact of Indoor Residual Spray and Insecticide Treated Nets for Minimizing Visceral Leishmaniasis Vector Population in Bihar (India)

Vijay Kumar, Aarti Rama, Prem Shankar Mishra, Niyamat Ali Siddiqui, Rudra Pratap Singh, Rudra Kumar Dasgupta, Axel Kroeger & Pradeep Das · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2017

Background: Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) and Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) are important tools in the fight against insect vectors of important diseases. In spite of having operational and logistic limitation(s), IRS and ITN are still in practice as conventional tools with mi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2017/32540

Analysing Host Preference Behavior of Phlebotomus argentipes (Diptera: Psychodidae) Under the Impact of Indoor Residual Spray

Vijay Kumar, Lokesh Shankar, Aarti Rama, Shreekant Kesari, Diwakar Singh Dinesh, Gouri Shankar Bhunia & Pradeep Das · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2015

Background: Present scenario of Bihar and neighboring Indian states reveals dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) being an insecticide of choice for controlling the vector of Indian Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) i.e., Phlebotomus argentipes, that had reported to attain resistance/t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2015/16170