Fire fighting truck-based emergency mosquito biolarviciding to prevent outbreaks of malaria and arboviral disease in Kabul, Afghanistan
| Autor: | M. Tisch, Jerrold J. Scharninghausen, M. K. Faulde |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Veterinary medicine Ecology Culex fungi Anopheles Outbreak Methoprene Plant Science Biology medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Virology law.invention Dengue fever chemistry.chemical_compound Transmission (mechanics) chemistry law Insect Science parasitic diseases medicine Agronomy and Crop Science Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Malaria |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pest Science. 81:71-77 |
| ISSN: | 1612-4766 1612-4758 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10340-007-0186-5 |
| Popis: | Emergency control of disease vectors requires high efficacy, rapid reaction and safe use of biocides in order interrupt transmission cycles without harming humans, non-target animals and the environment. In countries with complex emergencies, air-borne large-scale vector control is often limited, or impossible, due to questionable security as well as military, safety, equipment, or logistical constraints. While facing a potential outbreak of malaria and dengue fever in the Kabul area, Afghanistan, combined with high abundance of anopheline and Culex mosquitoes, emergency mosquito larvae control with Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti) and methoprene were carried out. For the first time, larvicides were applied by using a modern fire fighting truck in combination with aerial imaging of potential breeding sites. Three treatments with 0.07 g a.i. sterilized, water-dispersible granular (WDG) Bti/m2 in combination with 0.0014 g a.i. methoprene/m2, or 0.07 g a.i. Bti/m2 alone, were conducted on July 29, August 29, and September 28, 2004, and significantly reduced larval indexes of 96.5 (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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