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A simple fumigation method for disinfecting clothing or bedding containing body lice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

J. R. Busvine  and
C. Vasuvat
J. R. Busvine
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
C. Vasuvat
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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Modern contact insecticides (like DDT) in powder form are ideal for combating widespread lousiness; but for various reasons they are not suitable for disinfecting small numbers of infested people under civilized conditions. It appears that the most convenient, efficient method in these circumstances is a small-scale fumigation of the infested garments, in either a metal bin or a plastic bag. Ethyl formate, one of the liquid fumigants suggested for this purpose by W. A. L. David in 1944, has been further tested and found efficient. In a plastic bag the size of a potato sack (about 30 × 40 in.), four blankets can be deloused by a dose of 100 ml. with an hour's exposure or a quarter of this dose with an exposure of 5 hr. or more. An overnight treatment with this dose would be safe and convenient, costing about Is. and the actual operations would take only a few minutes.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 64 , Issue 1 , March 1966 , pp. 45 - 51
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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