TY - JOUR
T1 - Larvivorous fish for preventing malaria transmission (Review)
AU - Walshe, Deirdre P.
AU - Garner, Paul
AU - Abdel-Hameed Adeel, Ahmed A.
AU - Pyke, Graham H.
AU - Burkot, Tom
PY - 2013/12/10
Y1 - 2013/12/10
N2 - Adult anopheline mosquitoes transmit Plasmodium parasites that cause malaria. Some fish species eat mosquito larvae and pupae. In disease control policy documents, the World Health Organization includes biological control of malaria vectors by stocking ponds, rivers, and water collections near where people live with larvivorous fish to reduce Plasmodium parasite transmission. The Global Fund finances larvivorous fish programmes in some countries, and, with increasing efforts in eradication of malaria, policy makers may return to this option. We therefore assessed the evidence base for larvivorous fish programmes in malaria control.
AB - Adult anopheline mosquitoes transmit Plasmodium parasites that cause malaria. Some fish species eat mosquito larvae and pupae. In disease control policy documents, the World Health Organization includes biological control of malaria vectors by stocking ponds, rivers, and water collections near where people live with larvivorous fish to reduce Plasmodium parasite transmission. The Global Fund finances larvivorous fish programmes in some countries, and, with increasing efforts in eradication of malaria, policy makers may return to this option. We therefore assessed the evidence base for larvivorous fish programmes in malaria control.
U2 - 10.1002/14651858.cd008090.pub2
DO - 10.1002/14651858.cd008090.pub2
M3 - Review article
SN - 1465-1858
VL - 2013
SP - CD008090
JO - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
JF - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
IS - 12
M1 - CD008090
ER -
