One Hand Clapping: Malaria in Borneo, Past and Present.
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THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL |
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Title :
One Hand Clapping: Malaria in Borneo, Past and Present. |
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Author :
A. Baer |
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Abstract:
Among health problems in Borneo, malaria is a huge concern because of its severity. Malaria is a social ecological disease a involving parasites, mosquitoes, and people in conflict. Two simplified scenarios providea heuristic contrast. (1) For traditional lifestyles, malaria pressure is a function of house construction and siting, smoky fires, village size and degree of isolation, village animal life, water sites suitable for mosquito larval development, human nutrition, sickness remedies, and the extent of land disturbance. In the past, forest lifestyleswere in an anti-malaria mode but they lacked many medical services. (2) For current lifestyles, malaria is still a problem. Today modern housing, vector-control practices, anti-malarial drug tactics, health-service practices, human mobility, and ecosystem destruction can promote malarial infection.
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| DOI: https://doi.org/10.61507/smj22-2004-PPZP-03 |
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How to cite:
A. Baer. (2004). One Hand Clapping: Malaria in Borneo, Past and Present. The Sarawak Museum Journal, LX (81): 63-88 |
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