Abstract:Thick blooã film s anã malaria indirect fluorescent antiboãy testM alaria due to Plasmoãium falciparum aud P. vivax, was formerly hyperendemic in Amazonas. In 1967-1968 the spraying of houses with the residual insecticide DDT, on a regular cycle, was started and this has been very effective against the m ain vector, Anopheles ãarlingi, which has alm ost disappeared from houses. There has also been widespread distribution of an tim alaria drugs. This resulted in a dram atic decrease in the incidence of m a lari… Show more
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