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8212105

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-11-18
pubmed:abstractText
Baseline entomological surveillance was carried out in a rural area of The Gambia during the rainy season in 1988, one year before the implementation of a malaria control programme using insecticide-impregnated nets and targeted chemoprophylaxis in villages with a primary health care (PHC) system. Mosquito collections took place in 6 pairs of settlements each with untreated bed nets; within each pair there was a large PHC village with a resident village health worker (VHW) and traditional birth attendant (TBA) and a smaller non-PHC village without either a VHW or a TBA. The most common vectors in the study area were Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto and, to a lesser extent, An. arabiensis. These mosquitoes were found in appreciable numbers for at least 4 months of the year (geometric mean/bedroom/night = 32.5, 95% confidence interval 18.2-57.3). Numbers of mosquitoes collected in PHC villages or non-PHC villages were not significantly different. Greater numbers of mosquitoes were found in villages closer to the River Gambia than in those further away. Evidence for DDT resistance due to elevated glutathione S-transferase activity was found in one of the 12 villages, but there was no evidence of resistance to organophosphate or carbamate insecticides as suggested by the low esterase levels and carbamate sensitive acetylcholinesterase.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0035-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
87 Suppl 2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
19-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
A malaria control trial using insecticide-treated bed nets and targeted chemoprophylaxis in a rural area of The Gambia, west Africa. 3. Entomological characteristics of the study area.
pubmed:affiliation
Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, The Gambia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't