Re: malaria; how could it be wiped out where it was wiped out?

I asked this Q before; only got 1 Answer and it made no sense.

Through the 1800s, malaria was still endemic in the eastern USA and southern Europe and England and Australia and many other parts of the world where it was later eliminated. But how was this eradication possible? DDT was not available until WWII, and in any case it would seem to be impossible to kill every anopheles mosquito in every single marsh and swamp and other wetland and pool of standing water and damp clothing and wherever else they bred (and if such eradication did take place why were other mosquito genera not similarly eradicated?). I've read that the range though not the quantities of anopholes mosquitos is not so different from 150 years ago and still extends to Rhode Island and California, USA, and parts of Italy and many other countries which whipped malaria. So what caused such an extent of malaria eradication in so many places 80-100 years ago, and why is it so difficult to do similar measures...

...today in the areas of the world where malaria remains rampant?

In the U.S. and other places, malaria was eradicated primarily by draining the swamps and depriving the anopheles mosquitos of breeding grounds. Also, other insecticides were available at that time, albeit not as effective as DDT.

Until about 30 years ago, Africa was well on its way to eradicating malaria until DDT was banned. Today, malaria is the biggest killer of humans in Africa. Many African countries want to use DDT again, but the WHO, the UN and other world oprganizations are preventing it.

I got it once in Tanzania. Believe me, it was not pleasant.

The problem in other countries where malaria is prevalent is the hygienic problems. In West Africa there are countries where sewage is open along with standing water. Not only do you have malaria, you also have typhus (typhoid fever) and cholera. Three nasty diseases. Report It

One theraputic (not prevantative drug) they do NOT sell here in the U.S. is Arinate by Dafra Pharma in Belgium. THIS is perhaps the best by far, far superior to any of the quinine medications as those make you really loopy. Report It

Malaria has also been found in Florida now, but, these cases were isolated from immigrants who came from 3rd World Countries. There is a movement to prevent immigrants from Africa being prevented from entering Europe. Sometimes by violent means. Report It

As opposed to Malaria, Yellow Fever is also a problem but since it is mandatory for tourists visiting those countries to have the vaccine and carry a W.H.O. card that has been stamped and signed by a physician. Report It

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria and links therein should clear things up.

i believe they burned every house that was infected in some countries,there far less houses and easier to burn.

Dont know

I call it Global Warming in my personal opinion, and the weather is getting warmer every day especially in the East coast of the U.S. and the scientists were not sure about it, but they commented it is the Anino climate causing the change instead.However, in the South pole large chuck of ice was breaking and it floated along the ocean and slammed to the shore which block the Emperor Pen quin from going to the open sea faster. These action really caused the pen quin life and the population just recently.