Efficacy of four insect repellents against mosquito bites: A double-blind randomized placebo-controlled field study in Senegal

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 589-594

  Uzzan, Bernard ^a,b   Konate, Lassana ^c   Diop, Abdoulaye ^c   Nicolas, Patrick ^a,b   Dia, Ibrahima ^c   Dieng, Yémou ^d   Izri, Arezki ^a,b  

^a AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c Dakar Faculty of Sciences   (Senegal)

^d Department of Parasitology Mycology   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Field study; Insect repellents; Latin square design; Mosquito bite; Randomized controlled trial; Western Africa

Indexed keywords

4 MENTHANE DIOL; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; ICARIDINE; INSECT REPELLENT; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSECT BITE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENEGAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SENEGAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69949162926     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: 14728206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2009.00731.x     Document Type: Article

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