**2. Vector control strategies for mosquito control**

To overcome or reduce the population of the vector species of mosquitoes, various methods are being used in the vector control programmes. Till the development of the insecticides, the only method being adopted is the removal of the breeding sites



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#### **Table 1.**

*Different methods for the mosquito control.*

of mosquitoes and use of screens so as to avoid the entry of mosquitoes through doors and windows [4]. Thus, different methods *viz.* chemical methods and non-chemical methods being used by different control programmes are explained in the **Table 1**.
