Malaria control measure

Biological methods-

• Use of Larvivorous fishes which feed on mosquito larvae
• Larvivorous fishes are used to control breeding of mosquitoes in wells and fresh waters
• Gambusia affinis is a good Larvivorous fish with the following features -

-It has a quick movement and can escape from its enemies

- It is a small fish which does not grow to a big size

- It has no edible value for human consumption

- It can thrive and acclimatized to any type of water

- It reproduces and multiplies in large numbers

Drug Prophylaxis for Malaria for Travellers

• Drugs like plasmoquine can destroy gametocyte of Plasmodium
• Mass drug prophylaxis is used to protect from clinical manifestations of the disease
• Plaudrine can be taken weekly once for prophylactic treatment while staying in endemic areas of malaria.