Volume 4, Number 3—September 1998
THEME ISSUE
ICEID 1998
Zoonotic and Vector-borne Issues
Resurgent Vector-Borne Diseases as a Global Health Problem
Duane J. Gubler
Table 1
Successful vector-borne disease control/elimination programs
| Disease | Location | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow fever | Cuba | 1900-1901 |
| Yellow fever | Panama | 1904 |
| Yellow fever | Brazil | 1932 |
| Anopheles gambiae infestation | Brazil | 1938 |
| An. gambiae infestation | Egypt | 1942 |
| Louse-bornetyphus | Italy | 1942 |
| Malaria | Sardinia | 1946 |
| Yellow fever (Aedes aegypti) | Americas | 1947-1970 |
| Malaria | Americas | 1954-1975 |
| Malaria | Global | 1955-1975 |
| Yellow fever | West Africa | 1950-1970 |
| Onchocerciasis | West Africa | 1974-present |
| Bancroftian filariasis | South Pacific | 1970s |
| Chagasdisease | South America | 1991-present |
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