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Malaria control in South America.
To the Editor: The article by Roberts et al. regarding DDT use and malaria in South America (1) correctly observes that health policy makers have shifted the emphasis of malaria control programs from vector control to case detection and treatment and that malaria control has been woefully underfunded in recent years. However, their conclusions that increased malaria is due to decreased spraying...
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References 1. Robert DR, Laughlin LL, Hshieh P, Legters LJ. DDT, global strategies, and a malaria control crisis in South America. Emerg Infect Dis 1997:3:295-302. 2. Wirth DF, Cattani J. Winning the war against malaria. Technology Review 1997;Aug/Sep:52-61. 3. World Resources Institute, United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank. World Resources ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid0502.990229