Malaria Control Measures
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.
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this was wonderfully done
Thanks for write-pus. Its very informative. You only talked about the treatment of malaria, but what about the treatment/avoidance of the Malaria Relapses, which is very important?
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