Some remarks on the malaria and anopheline mosquitoes in Quang Binh province based on the data of the surveys in the third quater, 2004
- Author:
Nguyen Duc Manh
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Malaria, anopheline mosquitoes
- MeSH:
Malaria;
mosquitoes;
diagnosis;
Anopheles
- From:Journal of Malaria and parasite diseases Control
2003;0(6):18-26
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
All of 8 villages of Lam Thuy and Ngan Thuy communes are high malaria endemic areas. The slide positive rates (SPR) in Lam Thuy and Ngan Thuy are 11.56% and 36.20% respectively; P. falciparum positive rates are 72.50% and 67.80%; Parasite positive rates in children at 1-5 years old are 45.00% and 32.20%. Habit of sleeping without bed net of the local population and unfectioning microscopic points have made the malaria situation higher in these two communes. Anopheline component in Km 14 village, Ngan Thuy commune, Le Thuy district is abundant (19 species): with the presentation of the two main malaria vectors An.dirus and An.minimus. The landscape in this area is suitable for the production and development of two main malaria vectors as well as other anopheline mosquitoes
