Evaluation of commercial products for personal protection against mosquitoes

Acta Tropica

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 226-230

  Revay, Edita E ^a   Junnila, Amy ^b   Xue, Rui De ^c   Kline, Daniel L ^d   Bernier, Ulrich R ^d   Kravchenko, Vasiliy D ^e   Qualls, Whitney A ^c   Ghattas, Nina ^f   Müller, Günter C ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Anastasia Mosquito Control District   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f National Health Maintenance Organization   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Culex pipiens; Diffusers; Personal repellent; Sonic device; Transdermal patch; Wristbands

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CINNAMON OIL; CITRONELLAL; EUGENOL; GERANIOL; GERANIUM OIL; INDONESIAN LEMONGRASS OIL; INSECT REPELLENT; LEMONGRASS OIL; METOFLUTHRIN; OIL OF LEMON EUCALYPTUS; PEPPERMINT; PHILIPPINE GERANIOL OIL; THIAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

INSECTICIDE; MOSQUITO; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPELLENT;

ADHESIVE BACKED STICKER; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX PIPIENS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL MEDICAL DEVICE; GREENHOUSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSECT BITE; ISRAEL; MOSQUITO; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL DIFFUSER; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SONIC DEVICE; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; WRISTBAND;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CULEX; CYCLOPROPANES; EUGENOL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLUOROBENZENES; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT REPELLENTS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERPENES;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; CITRONELLA; CITRUS LIMON; CULEX PIPIENS; EUCALYPTUS; HEXAPODA; MENTHA X PIPERITA;

EID: 84871681735     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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