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File: aabjf_01.txtSUBJECT: ESC PEST MANAGEMENT BASE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER 390 COSQ/DONA PAGE 0111/'0826Z OPR: COMMAND SECTI ON ROUTE (03) INFO: XDP(01) P 110700Z AUG 90 FM HQ AFESC TYNDALL AFe FL.'ESRC;', SUBJ: PEST MANAGEMENT SUPPORT TO OPERATION DESERT SHIELD IU). THIS MESSAGE IN TWO PARTS. PART ONE IS PART TWO IS UNCLASSIFIED. PASS TO DEPLOYING PEST MANAGEMENT SPECIALlSTS. PART ONE. 1. PEST MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS (AFSC 566X0) DEPLOYING WITH OPERATION DESERT SHIELD SHOULD PREPARE FOR INSECT AND RODENT PROSLEMS AS SPECIFIED IN PART TWO. DISEASE VECTOR ECOLOGY PROFILES (DVEP) FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES ARE AVAILASLE AND CURRENT AND SHOULD SE STUDIED; SAUDI ARASIA, IRAQ, OMAN, EGYPT AND YEMEN. PART TWO. 2. (U) ITEMS TO CONSIDER: A. (U) PRIMARY VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES: MALARIA, GASTRO-INTESTINAL, LEISllMANIASIS, AND SCHISTOSOMIASIS. S. (U) PRIMARY PESTS: SANDFLIES, HOUSEFLIES, MOSaUITOES, AND RODENTS. C. (U) CHEMICALS OF CHOICE: FLYTEK6840-01-183-7244 DURSBAN (ULV)6840-06-203-6121 DURSBAN (EC)6840-01-122-2651 D-PHENOTHRIN6840-01-067-6674 DEET (NEW CREAM) 6840-01-284-3982 RODENTICIDE BAITS 6840-0J-151-4884 PERMANONE6840-01-278-1336 TEMPO 2EC6840-01-313-7359 D. (U) RESISTANCE PROBLEMS: ADULT FLIES AND MOSQUITOES ARE REPORTEDLY RESISTANT TO MALATHION, BAYGON, AND DIAZINON. E. (U) PERSONAL PROTECTION: THE USE OF INSECT REPELLANTS (DEET AND PERMANONE) IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. NEW EXTENDED DURATION DEET IS AVAILABLE. PERMANONE AEROSOL IS TO RE LOCALLY PURCHASED. AVOID SETTING UP TENTS NEAR RODENT (INTERMEDIATE HOST LEISHMANIASIS TRANSMISSION) BURROWS. PERSONNEL ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DIRECT SKIN EXPOSURE TO CONTAMINATED WATER AS SCHISTOSOMIASIS IS ALSO PRESENT. WEARING THE UNIFORM, SLEEVES DOWN, PANT LEGS TUCKED INSIDE THE SOOT, WILL HELP REDUCE THE RISK OF DISEASE TRANSMISSION. F. (U) EQUIPMENT: HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING PIECES OF EOUIPMENT: BACKPACK SPRAYER, COMPRESSED AIR SPRAYER WITH REPAIR KITS, FOG GENERATORS (ULV, BEECOMIST), AND RODENT TRAPS. G. (U) RETROGRADE: PLAN AHEAD FOR RETURN FOR AIRCRAFT AND EQUIPMENT TO THE US. TEMPO 2EC (CYFLUTHRIN) IS THE INSECTICIDE OF CHOICE. 3. (U) POCS AT HO AFESC ARE [(b)(2)]
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