@article{Philip Samuel_Ramesh_Thenmozhi_Nagaraj_Muniaraj_Arunachalam_2016, title={Japanese Encephalitis vector abundance and infection frequency in Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, India: a five-year longitudinal study}, volume={48}, url={https://www.pagepressjournals.org/jear/article/view/5630}, DOI={10.4081/jear.2016.5630}, abstractNote={An entomological monitoring of Japanese encephalitis vectors from the Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu was undertaken at biweekly intervals for 1 hr after dusk for five years to find out the abundance and JE virus activity longitudinally in three villages. A total of 95,644 vectors belonging to 31 species constituted predominantly by <em>Culex vishnui</em> subgroup and <em>Culex gelidus</em> 98.5%. JE virus was identified from <em>Cx. tritaeniorhynchus</em> (18), <em>Cx. vishnui</em> (1) and <em>Cx. gelidus</em> (6) giving infection rate of 0.482, 0.608 and 0.221 respectively. Abundance of <em>Cx. tritaeniorhynchus</em> and <em>Cx. gelidus</em> differed significantly by area, season and year (P<0.05) whereas <em>Cx. vishuni</em> differed significantly by season and year (P<0.05). Transmission was not observed throughout all the seasons and the infection rate was recorded maximum during Hot-Wet season 0.46 (confidence interval: 0.17-1.02). <em>Culex tritaeniorhynchus</em> dominated the catch and the <em>Culex gelidus</em> steadily increased in its abundance during this period compared to the earlier studies conducted from these areas which acts as a secondary vector along with the major vector, <em>Cx. tritaeniorhynchus.</em>}, number={3}, journal={Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research}, author={Philip Samuel, P. and Ramesh, D. and Thenmozhi, V. and Nagaraj, J. and Muniaraj, M. and Arunachalam, N.}, year={2016}, month={Dec.}, pages={366–371} }