Interruption of malaria transmission by chloroquinized salt in Guyana, with observations on a chloroquine-resistant strain of Plasmodium falciparum
Bull World Health Organ
; 36(2): 283-301, 1967.
Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: med-9924
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JM3.1
Localização: JM3.1; RA8.A13
ABSTRACT
Malaria and its local vector, Anopheles darlingi, were eradicated from the coastlands and near interior of Guyana by DDT house-spraying in 1945-51. In the remote interior, where 10 percent of the population live, only partial control could be achieved, owing to the semi-silvatic habits of A. darlingi and the considerable movement of the sparce population; low malaria endemicity persisted in these areas with occasional localized outbreaks. In the south-west the problem was further complicated by the presence of malaria across the frontier. During the years 1961-65, the use of chloroquinized salt was made compulsory over an area of some 109,000 km(sq), covering a population of 48,500. Satisfactory results were obtained over 84 percent of this area within 6 months of the start of the campaign; only four cases of malaria were seen in four years. In the south-west, however, an initally favourable trend was reversed in 1962 with the introduction of a chloroquine-resistant strain of Plasmodium falciparum from Brazil. The situation was brought under control by house-spraying with DDT and interruption of transmission is expected. (AU)
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Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar
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Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Meta 3.3: Acabar com as doenças tropicais negligenciadas e combater as doenças transmissíveis
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Malária
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Doenças Negligenciadas
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Cloroquina
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Malária
Limite:
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Caribe Inglês
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Guiana
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Bull World Health Organ
Ano de publicação:
1967
Tipo de documento:
Artigo