In-flight disinfection as an efficacious procedure for preventing international transport of insects of public health importance
Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO)
; 67(5): 543-7, 1989.
Artigo
em Inglês
| PAHO
| ID: pah-7350
Biblioteca responsável:
US1.1
Localização: US1.1, WHO COLL
ABSTRACT
Aircraft disinsection with aerosol insecticides during flight has generally been held to be inadvisable because it was assumed that the insecticides would be rapidly removed by the cabin air-conditioning system. We have developed protocols to deliver 2 percent d-phenothrin at a dose of 35 g per 100 m3 in various aircraft, and trials undertaken on Boeing 747 and 767 aircraft showed that their air-conditioning systems do not preclude effective disinsection. Mortality levels of 100 percent for Culex quinquefasciatus and Musca domestica test insects were recorded under normal operating conditions during routine scheduled passenger flights with disinsection procedures undertaken at "blocks-away" or at "top-of-descent". As a result, "top-of-descent" disinsection has been introduced as the recommended procedure for aircraft landing in Australia(AU)
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Coleções:
Bases de dados de organismos internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar
Problema de saúde:
Meta 3.3: Acabar com as doenças tropicais negligenciadas e combater as doenças transmissíveis
Base de dados:
PAHO
Assunto principal:
Piretrinas
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Aviação
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Viagem
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Controle de Mosquitos
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Inseticidas
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO)
Ano de publicação:
1989
Tipo de documento:
Artigo