Activities under taken in the branch

• Plague Surveillance activity commenced from the year 1992.
• Trapping of Wild, Peridomestic, and commensal rodents
• Collection of organ samples for further laboratory investigation
• Collection and Identification of fleas from the rodents and computing fleas indices.

As per IHR 2005, NCDC, Coonoor team has carried out Pre-monsoon and Post-monsoon Entomological Survey for Vectors of Yellow Fever, Dengue, Malaria & Chikungunya at Tuticorin International Seaport and Trichy International Airport.

Activities under taken in Field Station

• To study the epidemiology of major communicable diseases prevalent in this area.
• To assist in investigations on the outbreak of communicable diseases in this region.
• To maintain cyclic colonies of vector mosquito species and to supply on demand to students of academic institutions for experimental purposes.
• To carry out Pre-monsoon and Post-monsoon Entomological Survey for Vectors of Yellow Fever, Dengue, Malaria & Chikungunya at Tuticorin International Seaport and Trichy International Airport.
• Plague Surveillance Activities in erstwhile plague endemic areas of Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu.

Details of Laboratories/Units:

Laboratories/ units under the Branch:

• The cyclic colonies of the following mosquitoes are being maintained at the Mettupalayam Field Station of this Branch.
  • Mosquitoes:
    • Culex quinquefasciatus (Mettupalayam strain)
    • Aedes aegypti (Mettupalayam strain)
• The specimens i.e mosquito eggs, larvae and adults are being issued to students of different teaching/Research Institutions on demand.

Officer in Charge of Field Station

Dr. Siva Kumar