MALARIA control and eradication in Taiwan: progress report, May 1952 50 June 1957
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 19(4): 595-620
1958
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-9686 PMID: 13596886 Document Number: 522065
An intensive programme of residual spraying with DDT carried out over a period of 5 years in Taiwan has reduced malaria morbidity to a very low level. Since 1955, the goal has been complete eradication. Some foci of transmission and/or infection remain, however, and although no resistance problems have been encountered, the principal vector, A. minimus minimus, is still widely distributed. An elaborate surveillance organization is now in the process of creation, with the object of detecting and eliminating all residual foci of transmission and preventing the importation of fresh cases. It is hoped to complete eradication in another 3-5 years.