Malaria control by antivectorial measures in a zone of chloroquine-resistant malaria: a successful programme in a rice growing area of the Rusizi valley.
Within a large project for the socio-economic development of the rice growing area of the Rusizi valley in Burundi, a malarial control programme has been set up. This programme has several components: improvement of curative services, promotion of use of impregnated mosquito nets, and use of environmental engineering and indoor spraying with residual insecticides to control infection.
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Institute of Tropical Medicine Prince Léopold, Antwerp, Belgium
Barutwanyo
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D000818:Animals; D002063:Burundi / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004351:Drug Resistance; D006801:Humans; D007306:Insecticides; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009032:Mosquito Control; D012275:Oryza; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000187:drug effects
D007306:Insecticides; D002738:Chloroquine