title: Worldwide studies on aircraft disinsection at "blocks away".
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.
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes; D000336:Aerosols; D000401:Aircraft; D006801:Humans; D007300:Insect Control; D007306:Insecticides; D009032:Mosquito Control
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols; D007306:Insecticides