Aspects of Vector Borne Disease Control
Journal Title: Journal of Communicable Diseases - Year 2018, Vol 50, Issue 1
Abstract
India was once a pioneer in Medical Research. Plague Research (The Great Plague Commission of 1900s) and Malaria Research par excellence were done in India by Indian and British stalwarts during the pre-independence days and the few decades following Independence. But where are we now? Now the trend is, not problem oriented research but project oriented and paper publishing research and competition at every level. Hard field work has given way to cozy research in air conditioned laboratories equipped with computers, with readymade commercially available and easy to operate test kits, etc.
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Dr. P. K. Rajagopalan
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