Figure 2: The large number of domestic pigs adjacent to human dwellings and
prolific mosquito breeding sites contributed to the outbreak of Japanese encephalitis.
Figure 2a: Swampy conditions breeding Culex annulirostris adjacent to a backyard pigpen.
Figure 2b: A pigpen situated over standing water which contained Cx. annulirostris larvae.
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