Project N FEVER Mosquito Control & Volunteers Kit Dr Rajan Shukla Volunteers Kit • Full sleeve light colour T-shirt • DEPA ointment – Odomus • Reusable Gloves • Mask • Temephos 50% EC - 100 ml • Boric acid 200 gms for 2% Boric acid Gauva Juice, ATSB - DIY • Strainer with Handle • A4 size white plastic sheets • Insecticide treated window nets and Velcro- DIY Get ready for Mosquito control • • • • • • Charge your phones Wear Light color full sleeve shirt/T-shirt, full trousers, shoes. Apply Mosquito repellant on exposed skin and open edges of you clothing Wear Mask and Gloves Tuck open ends in socks or gloves Prepare Temephos solution and carry in 1-2 litre bottles with a small hole in the cap • Carry Oil balls • Take the strainer and the white sheet The Dengue Warrior is Ready for the Battle. Do Anti-Larvae activity in good sunlight- Not at Dusk and Dawn Insecticidal spray should be ideally be done at Dusk and Dawn when all types of mosquitoes are most active Extra Precaution from mosquito bites • When your Metabolism rate is high – High CO2 (Exercising, Pregnancy, larger built) • • • When you are Sweating When you plan party and enjoy Beer/alcohol When you plan to wear dark or bright colour clothes (Black, Red, Dark blue etc) Bacteria on skin, thus mosquitoes are more attracted to legs and feet where bacteria harbour • Wearing light coloured long sleeves and pants is the most obvious way to help prevent mosquito bites. Use mosquito nets for children and adult sleeping during the day For added protection, use a repellent containing 10 -30% DEET/DEPA, or Picaridin. or another active ingredient Mosquito repellents, what to use? When stepping out wear full sleeve, light colored clothing and apply mosquito repellent on the skin or cloth endings, even during day • Inorganic, DEPA/ DEET • Also safe for children above 2 years and pregnant women • Follow instructions from the packing label. Usually provides 5-6 hours of protection. • Odomas by Dabur most popular • Organic, Combination of any of the following oils: • oil of Citronella, Lemon grass, Eucalyptus, Peppermint, Geranium, Neem and Vetiver. • Forest essential-natural mosquito repellent, Odomas Natural from Dabur, and several other preparations from Mama Earth, Pee safe, Apollo Pharmacy • You can also make one at home- 2 tablespoon olive oil (prefer extra virgin), add 10 drops of Citronella or lemon grass oil, you can add 2-3 drops any essence oil you prefer, shake well and it is ready to apply Follow instructions on the label Mosquito repellents and Bed nets Use all these measures during the day (protection from Aedes) and at night (protection from Anopheles). If you do not stop the mosquito from feeding on you, you are not only at risk of mosquito transmitted disease, but also helping each mosquito lay 8-10 times more eggs and breed more mosquito. Stop feeding mosquito with your blood Alpha-cypermethrin Home Mosquito safe - Insecticide treated Door and Window nets • • • • • • • • • • Nets treated with Alpha Cypermethrin Mosquito Insecticide Do-It-Yourself – Nets, Velcro, Scissors, Measuring tape, Stapler Cut net as per door or Window frame size. Staple (use large staple) or Stich Velcro along the edges to the cut piece of Net Stick Velcro to Window/Door frame using double sided tape or acrylic adhesive. Clip Velcro and window from for adhesive to dry for 1-2 hrs Your Window/Door net is ready to use. Insecticide effective for 4-6 months. If indoor can last for a year. Need to be retreated after 2-3 wash. Don’t throw small cut pieces- Use them in dark corners, behind curtains Attractive Toxic Sugar Bait (ATSB) 2% Boric acid and Gauva Juice Attractive Toxic sugar bait. • Boric acid powder, I litre Gauva Juice 1-1.25 litre bottle- 4-5 Nos • Take 20 gms of Boric acid powder (three teaspoon – 5ml=7Gms) and dissolve in 200ml warm water (5060oC) • Pour the solution in 1-1.25 litre bottle • Add Gauva Juice to make 1 Litre • Take 4-5 one or half litre plastic bottles, cut a circular hole (3-4 Cms Diameter) 2-3 Cms below the neck of the bottle. • Pour 200-250 ml of ATSB in each bottle, • Place them at resting places of mosquito in and around your house. (In corridors, utility channels, dark poorly ventilated corners, balconies etc). • Shake them once every day. They will last for 2-3 weeks. • After 2-3 weeks discard them by spraying/splashing over green vegetation or outside perimeters How to treat water collection you cannot drain or dry? Use 20ml of following insecticide for 1 sq metre of water collection • Oil balls (saw dust ball soaked in mixture of crude oil) Or • 1% Temephos (5ml Temephos in 10 litres of water). 5 ml of this solution is sufficient for 1sq mtr surface water collection Or • Home made natural oil mixture of Karanja oil (70%) and Neem oil (30%) Or Use 10 ml kerosene for 1 sq. mtr. water surface area. Repeat after one week. For Large water bodies contact GHMC through My GHMC App How to treat water collection naturally? • Home made natural oil mixture of Karanja oil (70%) and Neem oil (30%). Use 20ml of following insecticide for 1 sq metre of water collection. Repeat after one week. • Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti), available as Natural Mosquito Dunks on online sites. Use ¼ of the Dunk in small pools. It is effective for 30 days. Repeat after 30 days. • For ponds and natural lakes use Gambusia fish. Safe for pets and aquatic animals Follow instructions on the label Breeding site and mosquito surveillance • Camera Phone, Ladel/strainer, White sheet or Cup. • Use long handle to check containers outside your house initially, Be assured that no small animal, insect or reptile is hiding there. • Then inspect for water collection. • Use strainer or ladle to scoop out larvae if you see them wriggling in the water • Use a white cup or the white A4 size plastic sheet to empty the content of ladle or strainer respectively • The handle on the strainer will allow you to scoop water from dirty ponds etc, which are not easily accessible. • Take photographs and share it on the GHMC app, and control room whatsapp number. • Similarly if you see dead mosquitoes in your house due to ATBS or insecticide treated mosquito net. Gently place them on white sheet and share the photograph of Control room whatsapp Number. • This will help GHMC entomologist in mosquito surveillance How to know that your efforts are working • Container Index – No of containers with mosquito larvae/Types and number of containers inspected for mosquito breeding • House Index – No of houses with mosquito breeding containers/total number of houses inspected • Adult Mosquito Surveillance by GHMC Aedes characteristics: Rationale for vector control strategies Key characteristic Control strategy Day feeder, bites during day Protection during day – Door and window screens, impregnated with insecticide better – Wear full sleeves bright clothes during day, when going out – Mosquito repellents during day, apply on cloth or skin directly – If sleeping during day, use bed nets, impregnated better Breeds in stagnant artificial water collections Killing the Larvae – Prevent water clogging in and around your house/ work upto 500m – Clean at least once every week – (Every Sunday 10 AM 10 Min - 7 days from Larvae to adult stage Campaign) – Use chemical or biological (eg. fish) methods to kill larvae in water collection that cannot be drained Flies up to 500mts around breeding site Aedes mosquito rests on walls / surfaces before and after feeding Aedes mosquito sensitive to insecticides Female adult transfers virus Killing the Adult Aedes mosquito – Outdoor and Indoor insecticide sprays ; – Attractive toxic Sugar baits – Mosquito traps – Genetically modified Aedes; compete but do not reproduce
