This manual provides has been written for vector control personnel working in refugee camps in East Africa.
Title | Vector and pest control in refugee situations |
Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
Year of Publication | 1997 |
Authors | Sabatinelli, G |
Pagination | vi, 104 p., xvi p. pl. : 10 fig., 6 tab. |
Date Published | 1997-04-01 |
Publisher | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
Place Published | Geneva, Switzerland |
Keywords | bed bugs, cab97/3, camps, diptera, east africa, fleas, health education, insecticides, lice, manuals, mosquitoes, pest control, pesticides, rodents, sarcoptes scabei, sdieme, sdihyg, snail control, ticks, vector control |
Abstract | This manual provides has been written for vector control personnel working in refugee camps in East Africa. It deals with problem arthropods of the area; biological influences on the choice and effectiveness of control methods; vector-borne diseases of the area; basic control methods and equipment; and pesticide safety and toxicity. The main arthropods covered are: mosquitoes; non-biting flies; lice; fleas; bed bugs; human scabies mites; and ticks. In addition the manual briefly discusses the control of schistosomiasis and rodents. |
Notes | 70 ref. - Glossary: p. 83-87 |
Custom 1 | 245.3, 36 |