The control of Aedes aegypti during the yellow fever epidemic in Luanda, Angola, in 1971

Autor(es): Ribeiro, H


Resumo: Vector control was carried out in three cycles with ULV technical malathion sprayed from aircraft at the application rate of 500 ml/ha. Successive reductions of 84%, 93.6%, and 96% in the pretreatment density of A. aegypti were attained, a range of 77-98% being observed over a 24-day period


Imprenta: Bulletin of The World Health Organization, v. 48, n. 4, p. 504-505, 1973


Descritores: Aedes aegypti - Epidemic


Data de publicação: 1973