[Vector control and malaria control].
Vector control is an integral part of malaria control. Limiting parasite transmission vector control must be considered as one of the main preventive measure. Indeed it prevents transmission of Plasmodium from man to vector and from vector to man. But vector control must be adapted to local situation to be efficient and feasible. Targets of vector control can be larval and/or adults stages. In both cases 3 main methods are currently available: physical (source reduction), chemical (insecticides) and biological tolls. Antilarval control is useful only in some particular circumstances (unstable malaria, island, oasis...) Antiadult control is mainly based upon house-spraying while pyrethroid treated bed nets is advocated regarding efficiency, simple technique and cheap price. Vector control measures could seem restricted but can be very efficient if political will is added to a right choice of adapted measures, a good training of involved personal and a large information of the population concerned with vector control.
Carnevale
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Département Santé O.R.S.T.O.M., Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Coopération, Montpellier.
Mouchet
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D000349:Africa; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000254:growth & development; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D008288:Malaria / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009032:Mosquito Control; D014329:Tropical Climate
Lutte antivectorielle et lutte antipaludique.