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Posted by CDCeHealth - Monday, Jun. 9th at 4:50 pm
Malaria Control Study (1960)
This 1960 photograph depicted a military investigator with a flashlight as he was carrying out an inspection beneath a bridge during a malaria control study.
Vector control aims to decrease contacts between humans and vectors of human disease. Control of mosquitoes may prevent malaria, as well as several other mosquito-borne diseases.
Elimination of malaria in an area does not require the elimination of all Anopheles sp. mosquitoes capable of transmitting the disease. In North America and Europe, Anopheles mosquitoes capable of transmitting malaria are still present, but the parasite has been eliminated. Socio-economic improvements (e.g., houses with screened windows, air conditioning) combined with vector reduction efforts and effective treatment have led to the elimination of malaria without the complete elimination of the vectors.
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