Medical Entomology and Zoology (2012) 63, 59-69

Shinji Kasai and Mutsuo Kobayashi (2012)
[Picture archives of the outbreak of medically important pest insects in Tsunami affected areas in Tohoku District, Japan]
Medical Entomology and Zoology 63 (1), 59-69
Abstract: The Great East Japan Earthquake brought unprecedented damages caused by great Tsunami which was unexpected by even experts of disaster. In the field of medical entomology, uncountable number of flies emerged from putrid fishes, brown rice and organic fertilizer which were spread from destroyed storehouses on the shoreline. A number of mosquito larvae were observed at newly appeared standing water bodies, a lot of destroyed septic chambers and tanks related to sewage disposal system at tsunami-stricken areas. The members of Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases visited Miyagi and Iwate Prefectures of Tohoku Tsunami-stricken regions for 11 times in 2011 to survey the medically important pest insects. Here, we report, with pictures, the situation of these nuisance and vector insects which explosively emerged at Tohoku eastern seashores.
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(original language: Japanese)
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Database assignments for author(s): Shinji Kasai, Mutsuo Kobayashi

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
population dynamics/ epidemiology

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Musca domestica		Japan
	Lucilia sericata		Japan
	Culex pipiens		Japan
	Calliphora nigribarbis		Japan