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The impact of development and malaria control activities on its vectors in the Kinabatangan area of Sabah, East Malaysia

A study was carried out from July 2001 until January 2003 in the Kinabatangan area of Sabah, part of Borneo island, where malaria used to be mesoendemic. Vector surveys determined that Plasmodium falciparum was the predominant species and Anopheles balabacensis the primary vector. Malaria cases have...

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Main Authors:	Vythilingam, Indra, Chan, Seng Thim, Shanmugratnam, C., Tanrang, H., Chooi, K.H.
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Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2005
Subjects:	R Medicine
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spelling	my.um.eprints.42002018-10-29T01:55:18Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/4200/ The impact of development and malaria control activities on its vectors in the Kinabatangan area of Sabah, East Malaysia Vythilingam, Indra Chan, Seng Thim Shanmugratnam, C. Tanrang, H. Chooi, K.H. R Medicine A study was carried out from July 2001 until January 2003 in the Kinabatangan area of Sabah, part of Borneo island, where malaria used to be mesoendemic. Vector surveys determined that Plasmodium falciparum was the predominant species and Anopheles balabacensis the primary vector. Malaria cases have dropped drastically over the years but P. falciparum is still predominant. In the present study, Anopheles donaldi was the predominant species and was positive for sporozoites. Although An. balabacensis was present, none were infective. An. donaldi bite more outdoors than indoors and have a peak biting time from 18:00 to 19:00 h when most people are still out of their homes. An integrated malaria control programme along with area development has helped in the control of malaria and its vector. Elsevier 2005 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/4200/1/Vythilingam-2005-The_impact_of_develo.pdf Vythilingam, Indra and Chan, Seng Thim and Shanmugratnam, C. and Tanrang, H. and Chooi, K.H. (2005) The impact of development and malaria control activities on its vectors in the Kinabatangan area of Sabah, East Malaysia. Acta Tropica, 96 (1). pp. 24-30. ISSN 0001-706X https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2005.06.022 doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2005.06.022
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spellingShingle	R Medicine Vythilingam, Indra Chan, Seng Thim Shanmugratnam, C. Tanrang, H. Chooi, K.H. The impact of development and malaria control activities on its vectors in the Kinabatangan area of Sabah, East Malaysia
description	A study was carried out from July 2001 until January 2003 in the Kinabatangan area of Sabah, part of Borneo island, where malaria used to be mesoendemic. Vector surveys determined that Plasmodium falciparum was the predominant species and Anopheles balabacensis the primary vector. Malaria cases have dropped drastically over the years but P. falciparum is still predominant. In the present study, Anopheles donaldi was the predominant species and was positive for sporozoites. Although An. balabacensis was present, none were infective. An. donaldi bite more outdoors than indoors and have a peak biting time from 18:00 to 19:00 h when most people are still out of their homes. An integrated malaria control programme along with area development has helped in the control of malaria and its vector.
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author	Vythilingam, Indra Chan, Seng Thim Shanmugratnam, C. Tanrang, H. Chooi, K.H.
author_facet	Vythilingam, Indra Chan, Seng Thim Shanmugratnam, C. Tanrang, H. Chooi, K.H.
author_sort	Vythilingam, Indra
title	The impact of development and malaria control activities on its vectors in the Kinabatangan area of Sabah, East Malaysia
title_short	The impact of development and malaria control activities on its vectors in the Kinabatangan area of Sabah, East Malaysia
title_full	The impact of development and malaria control activities on its vectors in the Kinabatangan area of Sabah, East Malaysia
title_fullStr	The impact of development and malaria control activities on its vectors in the Kinabatangan area of Sabah, East Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	The impact of development and malaria control activities on its vectors in the Kinabatangan area of Sabah, East Malaysia
title_sort	impact of development and malaria control activities on its vectors in the kinabatangan area of sabah, east malaysia
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2005
url	http://eprints.um.edu.my/4200/1/Vythilingam-2005-The_impact_of_develo.pdf http://eprints.um.edu.my/4200/ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2005.06.022
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The impact of development and malaria control activities on its vectors in the Kinabatangan area of Sabah, East Malaysia

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