Improvement projects that impound water should be screened by entomologists and preventive medicine personnel to prevent creation of mosquito breeding areas. Reschedule work parties and unit formations. Allocate available screening material to buildings that protect the largest number of personnel during peak mosquito biting times. First, mosquito surveillance and analysis of collected data are performed. The analysis leads to choice of control measures most applicable to area and situation.
Mosquito control is the employment of chosen vector control measures.
Preventive medicine teams deployed in contingency situations are prepared to survey campsites for mosquitoes and other vectors, determine their breeding areas, and establish programs to control them. These teams include medical entomologists. Medical entomologists supervise the two-stage process, first determining mosquito species, their abundance, and breeding sites. A control plan is then recommended, including specific control methods and their evaluation. Descriptions of common vector surveillance and control techniques used by medical entomologists follow.