Field Evaluation of Repellent Formulations Against Daytime and Nighttime Biting Mosquitoes in a Tropical Rainforest in Northern Australia

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 541-544

  Frances, S P ^a   Van Dung, Nguyen ^a,b   Beebe, N W ^c   Debboun, Mustapha ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Military Center of Preventive Medicine   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Deet; N; N diethyl 3 methylbenzamide; Picaridin; Repellents; Verrallina lineata

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES FARAUTI; ARTHROPODA; INSECTA;

DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; INSECT REPELLENT; PICARIDIN; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CULICIDAE; DEET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT REPELLENTS; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PIPERIDINES; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0036580599     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.3.541     Document Type: Review

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