Possible Interruption of Malaria Transmission, Highland Kenya, 2007–2008
| Autor: | James S. Hodges, David M. Menge, Willis Akhwale, Melissa A. Riedesel, John M. Vulule, Ng'wena G. Magak, Kim A. Lindblade, Chandy C. John |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Insecticides
Mosquito Control Time Factors Rain Indoor residual spraying lcsh:Medicine Parasitemia Polymerase Chain Reaction chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Artemether Artemisinin education.field_of_study Health Policy Temperature transmission Artemisinins 3. Good health Drug Combinations Mosquito control Infectious Diseases Ethanolamines epidemiology medicine.drug Microbiology (medical) 030231 tropical medicine Population Plasmodium falciparum Biology parasites Lumefantrine lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases 03 medical and health sciences Environmental health parasitic diseases medicine Animals Humans lcsh:RC109-216 education Fluorenes Research Artemether Lumefantrine Drug Combination lcsh:R biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Virology Kenya Malaria chemistry |
| Zdroj: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 12, Pp 1917-1924 (2009) Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| ISSN: | 1080-6059 1080-6040 |
| Popis: | Annual insecticide spraying and artemisinin combination therapy may stop transmission. Highland areas where malaria transmission is unstable are targets for malaria elimination because transmission decreases to low levels during the dry season. In highland areas of Kipsamoite and Kapsisiywa, Kenya (population ≈7,400 persons), annual household indoor residual spraying with a synthetic pyrethroid was performed starting in 2005, and artemether/lumefantrine was implemented as first-line malaria treatment in October 2006. During April 2007–March 2008, no microscopy-confirmed cases of malaria occurred at the sites. In 4 assessments of asymptomatic persons during May 2007–April 2008, a total of |
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