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Diethyltoluamide (DEET) Insect Repellent Toxicosis
Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 1990Poisonings resulting from DEET are rarely encountered in companion animals. In human patients, DEET toxicosis has been associated with the development of a toxic encephalopathy characterized by tremors, seizures, behavioral changes, and abnormal movements.
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Is DEET a dangerous neurotoxicant?
Pest Management Science, 2019AbstractControversies surrounding the safety of N,N‐diethyl‐meta‐toluamide (DEET) when used as an insect repellent are centered around conflicting findings in the scientific literature and inaccurate reporting in the public media. Lethal cases of DEET poisoning are few, and usually due to deliberate or other overdoses that ignore product label ...
Daniel R Swale, Jeffrey R Bloomquist
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How DEET repels malaria mosquitoes
C&EN Global Enterprise, 2019A group of scientists reports that DEET seems to keep malaria mosquitoes from smelling humans by preventing skin compounds from vaporizing and finding their way to the mosquitoes’ antennae. The lead researcher, Christopher Potter of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, says understanding how mosquitoes’ olfactory systems interact with ...
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Bullous Reaction to Diethyl Toluamide (DEET)
Archives of Dermatology, 1969A baffling bullous eruption in the antecubital fossae of military personnel had occurred during several summers in South Vietnam. Appearing first after a night's sleep in the field, large blisters, subsequent severe skin necrosis, and prolonged disability were characteristic.
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