Use of larvivorous fish for malaria control pdf

Integrated malaria management, such as a combination of irs, early detection, prompt treatments and larvivorous. To determine the ability of larvivorous fish to prevent malaria by evaluating the impact on. Susanta ghosh at national institute of malaria research. Colisa fasciata use of fish in mosquito control has been wellknown for more than 100 years. In disease control policy documents, the world health organization. Modelling malaria control by introduction of larvivorous fish in the european region. Since the 1970s, the who has promoted the use of larvivorous fish.

Actually there is a lot of scientific literature on the use of fish as a biological control of mosquitoes, usually through consumption of the mosquito larvae or pupae while they are in freshwater. As a sustainable larval control method, the use of larvivorous fish is promoted in some circumstances. Soon after that use of larvivorous fish became a common practice in india, e. Therefore, we assessed the evidence base for larvivorous fish programmes in malaria control. Review of the bioenvironmental methods for malaria control with special reference to the use of larvivorous fishes and composite fish culture in central gujarat, india. Modelling malaria control by introduction of larvivorous fish. Study of larvivorous fish for malaria vector control in. In disease control policy documents, the world health organization who 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. Knowledge, attitude, behaviour and practices surveys.

Pdf larvivorous fish for preventing malaria transmission. Use of larvivorous fish in biological and environmental control of disease vectors. It has a very positive role to play in the integrated control methodologies in which both. Manual of entomological surveillance of vectorborne diseases. Pdf larvivorous fish for malaria prevention graham. Mosquito control by larvivorous fish india environment portal.

On 24 february 2014, chennai corporation in india introduced western mosquitofish in 660 ponds to control the mosquito population in freshwater bodies. A case study in india, malaria had been considered predominantly a problem of rural areas and the activities of the national anti malaria programme namp were largely rural oriented. Larvivorous fish in mosquito control icmrnational institute of. Cd008090 december 2017 with 205 reads how we measure reads. Larvivorous fish in mosquito control esomus danricus puntius sp. Larvivorous fishes poecilia reticulata guppy, a native of south. Rationale for larval control using fish in specific situations where mosquito breeding habitats are well defined and water conditions are suitable, or where chemical larviciding is not feasible, indigenous or exotic fish with a known larvivorous potential can be used for larval control. Pdf use of larvivorous fish in biological and environmental control. Larvivorous fish for malaria prevention request pdf. Review of the bioenvironmental methods for malaria control with. In addition, we visited the local school and explained the uses of the fish. Larvivorous fish for preventing malaria transmission. To evaluate the potential impacts of this biological control measure on malaria transmission, we propose and investigate a mathematical model describing the linked dynamics between the hostvector interaction and the predatorprey interaction.