Elimination of Malaria Risk Through Integrated Combination Strategies in a Tropical Military Training Island

Overview

Journal Am J Trop Med Hyg

Specialty Tropical Medicine

Date 2010 Jun 4

PMID 20519595

Citations 10

Authors

Vernon J Lee

Samuel Ow

Harold Heah

Meng Yaw Tan

Patrick Lam

Lee-Ching Ng

Sai Gek Lam-Phua

Abdul Qadir Imran

Benjamin Seet

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Abstract

On the military training facility of Tekong Island, Singapore, a comprehensive vector-borne disease control program was started in end-2006 to reduce mosquito populations and negate the need for anti-malaria chemoprophylaxis. The program was based on 1) preventing importation of malaria through screening of visitors, 2) preventing human-to-mosquito transmission through early case detection and mosquito control, 3) preventing mosquito-to-human transmission through personal protection, and 4) contingency plans. Systematic environmental works were performed to reduce breeding sites, and insecticide use targeted both adult mosquitoes and larvae. Mosquito populations declined from 103 mosquitoes per sampling site in January 2007 to 6 per site by March 2007 (P < 0.001). The proportion of positive ovitraps declined from 93% in January 2007-2% in March 2007 (P < 0.001). There were no malaria cases on the island despite chemoprophylaxis termination, showing that comprehensive combination vector-control strategies were effective in reducing the risk of malaria.

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