Open AccessImpact of indoor residual spray with synthetic pyrethroid in Gandhinagar district, Gujarat
Author(s) -
Mamta Dattani,
PB Prajapati,
Dinkar Raval
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.58384
Subject(s) - indoor residual spraying , malaria , pyrethroid , environmental health , population , incidence (geometry) , geography , socioeconomics , medicine , biology , plasmodium falciparum , mathematics , pesticide , ecology , geometry , artemisinin , sociology , immunology
Indoor residual spray (IRS), with appropriate insecticide, is an effective weapon for the control of malaria. Two rounds of indoor residual spray, with synthetic pyrethroid, are given in highly malaria endemic areas. It aims to prevent transmission of malaria by adult vector mosquitoes.