| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 256 pages) : color illustrations, color maps |
| Contents |
How it was before: historical perspectives on receptivity and risk -- The mosquito and its compatibility -- Possible virus impact -- Vertebrate hosts -- Invasive species in NZ -- Early surveillance and international obligations -- What does it take for a pest to establish? A lot of luck helps! -- 1996-1998: Thank goodness someone did their homework! -- The Kay Review 1997 -- Strategy development and refinement at Hawke's Bay -- In the beginning -- Getting started -- The Mosquito Response Centre fights back -- the Bti chronicles -- Eradication planning: the evolution of a plan -- Characteristics of methoprene products -- S-methoprene registration in NZ -- Egg survival in relation to treatment regimen -- Choice of S-methoprene -- Eradication begins -- Solid government legislation and support as a key to success -- The role of government -- Administrative arrangements -- The role of the Ministry of Health -- Notification of the incursion -- The MoH's immediate response -- Action 1: confirming the identification of the mosquito -- Action 2: undertaking a risk assessment -- Action 3: Informing public health units -- Action 4: Defining policy and strategy -- Action 5: Establishing the Napier Mosquito Response Centre (MRC) -- Action 6: Liaison -- Action 7: Field actions -- Moving to eradication -- Coordinated Incident Management System (CIMS) -- Transfer from the MoH to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry -- Administration of transfer completed -- Ongoing eradication programme implementation during the transfer period -- Related work programme completed during the transfer period -- MAF stewardship -- Structural Arrangements: Evolution from Local to Regional to National Eradication -- The roles of other government agencies -- Liaison with local government -- The Biosecurity Act 1993 -- The Resource Management Act 1991 -- The Health Act 1956 -- The Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 -- The International Health Regulations 2005 -- Funding -- Funding the Hawke's Bay Incursion Response -- Support from XR-G Manufacturers -- The role of the Health Funding Authority -- Programme transfer to the MAF -- Listening to the experts: the advice that drove the national programme -- The Southern Saltmarsh Mosquito Technical Advisory GroupS-methoprene: where to from here? -- Transferring the TAG to the MAF -- Other expert advice -- Australian mosquito control and arboviral disease experts -- Information systems -- Mosquitocide evaluations, supply and support -- Community Liaison Group -- Cost-benefit analysis -- Health risk assessment -- Who knows how to do broad-scale aerial control of mosquitoes? -- Into the storm -- Napier Mosquito Response Centre (MRC) -- First strike -- Scaling up and overcoming habitat influences -- Getting XR-G to NZ -- Broad-scale treatment refinement |
| Summary |
In 1998, the Southern Saltmarsh Mosquito Aedes camptorhynchus ('Campto') was accidentally transported from Australia to Hawke's Bay in New Zealand, from where it dispersed to another 10 localities mainly on the North Island. After an investment of NZ70 million over 10 years, this saltmarsh carrier of Ross River virus was eradicated in a world-first program which surprised many. How did it get there? How did it spread? How did the team cope when it arrived at Kaipara Harbour, said to be the largest harbour in New Zealand? This book draws together the entire unprecedented campaign, uncovering t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Mosquitoes -- Control -- New Zealand
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Mosquitoes as carriers of disease -- New Zealand
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Communicable diseases -- New Zealand -- Prevention
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MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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Communicable diseases -- Prevention
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Mosquitoes as carriers of disease
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Mosquitoes -- Control
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New Zealand
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kay, Brian H., editor
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Russell, Richard Charles, editor
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| LC no. |
2013481696 |
| ISBN |
9781486300587 |
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1486300588 |
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9781486300594 |
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1486300596 |
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9781486300570 |
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148630057X |
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9781299940963 |
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129994096X |
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