Citation

Sullivan WN, Pal R, Wright JW, Azurin JC, Okamoto R, McGuire JU, Waters RM. Bull. World Health Organ. 1972; 46(4): 485-491.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1972, World Health Organization)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

4538193

PMCID

PMC2480765

Abstract

During 1971 worldwide experiments on the disinsection of passenger cabins at "blocks away" (as the aircraft starts taxiing for take-off) were conducted in several types of jet aircraft. A procedure was developed whereby the high capacity Boeing 747 could be disinsected by four stewardesses in less than 1 minute. The favourable results of these and previous trials indicate that this method is suitable as a standard procedure for aircraft disinsection for international quarantine purposes.The biological effectiveness against resistant and non-resistant mosquitos of a 2% concentration of a pyrethroid, resmethrin, in Freon 11+Freon 12 (1:1) (without kerosine) and a favourable passenger response make it suitable as a standard formulation for aircraft disinsection.

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