Medical Entomologists - A Disappearing Profession in Public Health System: Indian Perspective

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Journal of Communicable Diseases Pub Date : 2022-03-31 DOI:10.24321/0019.5138.202263

P. Rajagopalan

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Abstract

As a biologist and a non-medical epidemiologist, it has now become necessary to talk about the plight of the present day entomologists. Without entomologists, malaria, or for that matter any vector-borne disease would never have been controlled anywhere else in the world, including India

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医学昆虫学家-一个正在消失的职业在公共卫生系统:印度的观点

作为一名生物学家和非医学流行病学家，现在有必要谈谈当今昆虫学家的困境。如果没有昆虫学家，疟疾或任何媒介传播的疾病都不会在世界其他地方得到控制，包括印度

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Journal of Communicable Diseases Medicine-Infectious Diseases

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期刊介绍： Journal of Communicable Diseases (E-ISSN: 0019-5138 & P-ISSN: 2394-7047) is published by ADR Publications and is the official publication of Indian Society of Malaria and Other Communicable Diseases. Journal of Communicable Diseases covers scientific researches in the field of communicable diseases. Accept articles with scientific excellence in the form of (1) Original articles in basic and field research (2) Critical reviews, (3) surveys, (4) Case studies, (5) opinions/Correspondence/letters to editor, etc. The first issue of the publication entitled “Bulletin of the National Society of India for Malaria and Other Mosquito-Borne Diseases” the precursor of “Journal of Communicable Disease” (J Commun Dis) was brought out in 1953. The objects and purposes of J Commun Dis are: • to advance knowledge regarding the cause, prevalence, epidemiology, treatment, prevention and control of malaria and other-mosquito-borne diseases and other communicable diseases, • to stimulate scientific and practical interest among individuals and organizations in the prompt and effective application of treatment and control methods, • to integrate scientific and field activities and co-ordinate various scientific investigations, • to disseminate such knowledge both to scientists and to the general public.