Roxanne G. Burrus, roxanne.burrus@ndvecc.navy.mil, US Navy, Disease Vector Ecology and Control Center, 2850 Thresher Ave, NDVECC Bangor, Silverdale, WA
The December 26, 2004 earthquake and ensuing tsunami that struck Indonesia and other countries in southeast Asia created a large potential for the transmission of arthropod-vectored infectious diseases by mosquitoes and flies. The US Navy, one of many organizations throughout the world that sent people to SE Asia to provide humanitarian relief, sent a Preventive Medicine Unit staffed with two entomologists. Our mission was to assist in preventing disease and epidemics. This is a pictorial presentation of the entomological issues in Banda Aceh, Indonesia resulting from the tsunami, and our unit's provision of assistance to the survivors.
Species 1: Diptera Culicidae
Anopheles (malaria mosquito)
Species 2: Diptera Culicidae
Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito)
Species 3: Diptera Calliphoridae
(bottle fly, blow fly)
Keywords: disease, vector