PEARCE G W, SCHOOF H F, QUARTERMAN K D
Bull World Health Organ. 1961;24(4-5):611-6.
A general discussion of the problem of aircraft disinsection is presented. The weaknesses of the present aerosol method, the limitations imposed by airline operators, government officials, passengers, and others, and the potential value of insecticidal vapours as a means of aircraft disinsection are discussed. An apparatus is described for screening insecticides for their vapour toxicity to houseflies and mosquitos. This apparatus led to the discovery of DDVP (O,O-dimethyl-2,2-dichlorovinyl phosphate) and its remarkable vapour toxicity to insects, and to the subsequent studies of its potential use in the vapour state for aircraft disinsection.
本文对飞机除虫问题进行了一般性讨论。探讨了当前气雾剂方法的缺点、航空公司运营商、政府官员、乘客及其他方面所施加的限制，以及杀虫蒸气作为飞机除虫手段的潜在价值。描述了一种用于筛选杀虫剂对家蝇和蚊子的蒸气毒性的装置。该装置促成了敌敌畏（O,O - 二甲基 - 2,2 - 二氯乙烯基磷酸酯）的发现及其对昆虫显著的蒸气毒性，以及随后对其在蒸气状态下用于飞机除虫的潜在用途的研究。
