Open AccessMalaria en Chile: 1913 - 2001
Author(s) -
Hugo Sche F,
Andrea Olea N.,
Antonio Rojas S,
Nolberto García D
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
revista médica de chile
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 0717-6163
pISSN - 0034-9887
DOI - 10.4067/s0034-98872002001000013
Subject(s) - malaria , geography , christian ministry , anopheles , vector (molecular biology) , tropical medicine , population , socioeconomics , environmental health , veterinary medicine , environmental protection , biology , medicine , zoology , political science , immunology , biochemistry , sociology , gene , law , recombinant dna
Malaria was restricted to the I Region of Chile, being Anopheles pseudopunctipennis the only vector species. In 1936 the parasitosis affected more than 50% of the population and 62.4% of military recruits, proceeding from Southern regions became infected. From 1937 to 1947, an antimalaria campaign was carried out, stressing actions on the battle against the vector and the treatment of malaria infected individuals. Since April 1945 no autochthonous cases of malaria have been detected.