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A foreign quarantine officer inspects the plane and sprays it with insecticide before allowing the passengers to disembark. Of particular concern was the spread of malaria and yellow fever by the importation of mosquitoes. The Public Health Service did important work in improving and standardizing insecticides for use on aircraft, and in developing methods of disinsectization.
c. 1947
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