Mosquito Eradication: The Story of Killing Campto

by Brian H. Kay (Editor), Richard C. Russell (Editor)

Overview

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 NZ$70 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 the twists and turns and nasty surprises the team had to deal with along the way. Written in an approachable way, it also contains new unpublished technical information which will be sought after by professionals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781486300594
Publisher:	CSIRO PUBLISHING
Publication date:	11/08/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
File size:	17 MB
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Table of Contents

Preface
Dedication
Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Chapter 1: How it was before: historical perspectives on receptivity and risk
Brian Kay, JR Gardner, Gene Browne
Chapter 2: Strategy development and refinement at Hawke’s Bay
Steve Garner, Noel Watson, Henry Dowler, Darryl McGinn, David Sullivan, Brian Kay
Chapter 3: From the top: who’s paying for this? (National programme management)
Sally Gilbert, Andrew Forsyth, Ian Gear, David Sullivan, David Yard
Chapter 4: Listening to the experts – the advice that drove the national programme
Sally Gilbert, Andrew Forsyth, Ian Gear, David Sullivan, David Yard
Chapter 5: Who knows how to do broadscale aerial control of mosquitoes?
Darryl McGinn, David Sullivan
Chapter 6: Coming to grips with ProLink XR-G at Hawke’s Bay
Brian Kay, Michael Brown, Gene Browne, Barbara Thomson
Chapter 7: Pathways of entry and mosquito dispersal
Andrew McFadden, Graham Mackereth, Ruud Kleinpaste, Robert Sanson, Nigel Beebe,
Bryn Gradwell, Mark Bullians, Ruth Frampton
Chapter 8: Camp Kaipara – a mosquito or programme death camp?
Bryn Gradwell, Monica Singe, Shaun Maclaren, Steve Crarer, Jessica Taylor, Mark Disbury
Chapter 9: Developing detection and surveillance
Graham Mackereth, Monica Singe, Mark Disbury, Sally Gilbert, Noel Watson, Craig Williams,
Rachel Cane, Scott Ritchie
Chapter 10: The national exotic saltmarsh mosquito surveillance programme
Monica Singe, Mark Disbury, Darryl McGinn
Chapter 11: Maintaining environmental integrity in invasion areas
Helen Gear, Travis R. Glare and Maureen O’Callaghan
Chapter 12: Communications and cultural issues
JR Gardner, Val Aldridge, Bryn Gradwell
Chapter 13: Reflections on a successful eradication programme
Richard Russell, Henry Dowler, JR Gardner, Sally Gilbert, Matthew Stone
Index