Anopheles gambiae in brazil Quotes

“It was not feasible to lose time in making careful surveys or extensive preliminary studies of possible control methods”

“Will Brazilian antigambiae measures succeed in Africa? As time goes by it will almost certainly be found that an increasing number of areas can be cleaned of gambiae and be freed of gambiae-transmitted malaria. In Africa, where the species is already widely disseminated, it would seem logical to attempt eradication by beginning in the center of the area to be cleaned and working always outward. It has been demonstrated in Brazil that species eradication of Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae is feasible.”

“It is much easier to evaluate perfect rather than partial results.”

“Preferring steady progress, slow and imperfect, is a good philosophy for the defeated.”