The Annals of Medical Entomology publishes main articles, review articles, research notes and book reviews. The senior author and/or all co-authors must subscribe to the Annals atleast for one year.

The subject of the paper submitted to the Annals should have a direct or indirect bearing with those arthropods which transmit pathogens or toxins either to man or animals. Articles will be published at the Chief Editor's discretion after the recommendation of the referee and on the understanding that they have not been published elsewhere. Date of acceptance will be that date on which the copy is accepted in the final form for publication. The decision of acceptance/rejection of any paper submitted will be communicated to the senior author within 90 days of receipt of manuscript.

Papers are accepted on the understanding that they are subject to editorial revision, including where necessary, condensation of the text and omission of tabular and illustrative material. Manuscript with any alterations in style or with substantive alteration are sent to the senior author for reviewal before going to press.

The names of chemicals, insecticides, arthropods, animals and microorganisms, etc., should be according to current classification in use.

Each paper should be headed by a concise title; the initials and surname of the author (s); (an exact description of post (s) and address as a footnote) followed by an abstract at the head of the paper not exceeding 350 words in length. The text should be typically organized as introduction, area and climate, materials and methods, results, discussion, acknowledgment and references. Deviation from this format is allowed in special cases. In the text literature citation are designated by the authors name and year of publication in parenthesis e.g., Husainy (1978), Prakash and Husainy (1974), Zacharuk et al. (1971). References to the literature should be arranged alphabetically and should be cited in the following manner: authors name (s), year of publication, title of the article, journals name, volume, number and pages.

Husainy, Z. H. (1987). Some aspects of the bionomics of Anopheles fluviatilis James, 1902 (Diptera : Culicidae) in Bastar District, Madhya Pradesh, India. Bull. Entomol., 28 (2) : 84-94.

Zacharuk, R. Y., L. Ru Sin Yin and S. G. Blue (1971). Fine structure of the antenna and its sensory cone in larvae of Aedes aegypti (L). Jour Morph., 135 (3) : 273-298.

Books / Monographs.

Brown, A. W. A. and R. Pal (1971). Insecticide Resistance in Arthropods. (World Health Organization, Geneva), IInd Ed., 189p.

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