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

• Main Authors: Vythilingam, Indra, Chan, Seng Thim, Shanmugratnam, C., Tanrang, H., Chooi, K.H.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2005
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: 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

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...