ENTO 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Chloroquine, Mepacrine, Deet
6 Oct 2016
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Bed nets (mosquitos could still get through the small holes) Drainage and ditching removed to get rid of. Chloroquine was also a cheap and effective method. This eradication program eventually led to a incredible drop in cases. Multiple places had malaria completely eradicated by 1960"s but brazil was one of the few places that still had cases. Eventually the widespread use of these methods caused a development of resistance among mosquitos. These made the efforts taken seem like a total failure, but saved many lives. The prime reason for the resistance is, cases were heavily reduced, but heavy amounts of ddt were still being used. In recent years steps have been made in order to improve developing countries But to improve these countries infectious diseases need to be heavily reduced. In order to eradicate global malaria, plans are looking towards local peripheral areas near endemic areas.
