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Climate Change and Human Health Literature Portal Meeting increased demand for mosquito adulticides containing the active ingredient naled following hurricanes and tropical storms

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Trumbetta JM, Placentia V, Connelly PH
2020
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 36 (2s): 98-102

The occurrence of tropical storms and hurricanes is a certainty in the Atlantic Basin each year. Many of these never make landfall. Those that do can range in intensity from a weak tropical depression to a very destructive Category 5 hurricane. These storms often produce large amounts of rainfall and flooding, resulting in increases in the mosquito populations in the affected areas. In order to deal with this problem, aerial applications of insecticides over wide areas can provide relief to the impacted area, assisting in the recovery efforts. Meeting the demand for these sudden and large increases in the volume of the insecticide most commonly used in aerial applications requires great coordination, communication, and commitment. We describe the diverse entities involved in the manufacture, distribution, and use of the product and how this increase in need is recognized, managed, and satisfied in a compressed period of time.

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    Extreme Weather-Related Event or Disaster
    • Extreme Weather-Related Event or Disaster: Flood, Hurricane
    United States
    Infectious Disease
    • Infectious Disease: Vectorborne Disease
      • Vectorborne Disease: Mosquito-borne Disease
        • Mosquito-borne Disease: General Mosquito-borne Disease
        Mosquito-borne Disease
      Vectorborne Disease
    Review Article
    Adaptation
    • Adaptation: Intervention
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