TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1972//
TI  - Worldwide studies on aircraft disinsection at "blocks away"
JO  - Bulletin of The World Health Organization
A1  - Sullivan, W. N.
A1  - Pal, R.
A1  - Wright, J. W.
A1  - Azurin, J. C.
A1  - Okamoto, R.
A1  - McGuire, J. U.
A1  - Waters, R. M.
SP  - 485
EP  - 491
VL  - 46
IS  - 4
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0042-9686
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -