Georgia Department of Public Health, 2 Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30303.
J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2020 Jun 1;36(2s):49-55. doi: 10.2987/19-6874.1.
Onsite assessments for mosquito larval habitat sites are critical after a hurricane makes landfall. Due to lack of forward assessment activities and the uncertain path of Hurricane Irma, it was difficult to determine what areas would be most affected, making it challenging to determine the availability of Department of Public Health Environmental Health Strike Team members from unaffected areas. However, lessons learned from assessing the public health response to Hurricane Irma (2017) helped improve the response to Hurricane Michael (2018).
飓风登陆后,对蚊虫幼虫栖息地进行现场评估至关重要。由于缺乏前瞻性评估活动以及飓风“艾玛”不确定的行进路径,难以确定哪些地区将受到最严重的影响,这使得确定来自未受影响地区的公共卫生部环境健康应急小组成员是否能够到场变得极具挑战性。但是,从评估飓风“艾玛”(2017 年)对公共卫生的应对中吸取的经验教训,有助于改进对飓风“迈克尔”(2018 年)的应对。