Surveillance system | First period (2000-2003) | Second period (2004-2008) | Third period (2009-2013) | |
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Survey | survey aims | detect mosquito presence at it's arrival | intercept mosquito at arrival and analyse it's spread | analyse mosquito's spread and oversee it's densities |
surveyed areas | points of entry and development (major parking places, cemeteries, parks, etc) and resting places along the highway | points of entry and development (major parking places, cemeteries, parks, etc), industrial areas, whole municipalities (if positive), resting places and parking's along the highway | whole municipalities with grid system, resting places and parking's along the highway | |
site selection for trap positioning | GLZ | GLZ | GLZ and municipalities | |
traps managing | GLZ | GLZ | municipalities | |
collection with other traps | no other traps used | BG-sentinel, Human Landing Collection | BG-sentinel, Human Landing Collection | |
contact with residents | phone, mail and e-mail (shipping suspicious insects) | phone, mail and e-mail (shipping suspicious insects) | phone, mail and e-mail (shipping suspicious insects) and web page | |
management of resident breeding sites inspection | GLZ | GLZ | GLZ and municipalities | |
warm season survey period | mid-June till mid-October | April till mid-October | May till end-September | |
cold season survey period | no survey | no survey | December till May (GLZ) | |
Control | control aims | elimination | elimination or control of densities | control of densities |
decision, responsibility and supervision of treatments | GLZ | GLZ | GLZ | |
treatments timing | once positive | once positive | once positive or monthly if most of municipality was found positive | |
treatments areas | around positive site | around positive site or the entire municipality (private and public areas) | the entire municipality (private and public areas) | |
treatments execution | GLZ | GLZ (with help of municipality and Civil Protection) | municipality with help of Civil Protection under the supervision of GLZ | |
larvicide used | Bti | Bti or diflubenzuron (for large scale treatments) | diflubenzuron or Bti (if requested from the municipality) | |
adulticide used | permethrin | permethrin | permethrin (only in schools etc. or for epidemic risk reduction) | |
removal of breeding sites | GLZ | GLZ and municipality | GLZ and municipality (ordinance) | |
areas concerned for removal of breeding sites | around positive site | door-to-door | when reported | |
information | media (newspapers, radio and television) | media (newspapers, radio and television), web page and specific leaflets | media (newspapers, radio, television), web page, specific leaflets and instruction on Bti tablets usage for citizens |