Program to Eradicate Malaria in Sardinia, 1946–1950

During 1946–1950, the Rockefeller Foundation conducted a large-scale experiment in Sardinia to test the feasibility of indigenous vector species eradication. The interruption of malaria transmission did not require vector eradication, but with a goal of developing a new strategy to fight malaria, th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eugenia Tognotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
DDT
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/9/08-1317_article