Reducing Close Encounters with Insect Pests and Vectors: The Past, Present and Future of Insect Repellents [PDF]
InsectsInsects acting as agricultural pests or disease vectors represent some of the greatest challenges to global health, food security and economics. Diverse technologies to combat insects of economic and medical importance have been and are continually being
Luis A. Martinez, Laurence J. Zwiebel
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Insect repellents mediate species-specific olfactory behaviours in mosquitoes [PDF]
Malaria Journal, 2020 Background The species-specific mode of action for DEET and many other mosquito repellents is often unclear. Confusion may arise for many reasons. First, the response of a single mosquito species is often used to represent all mosquito species.
Ali Afify, Christopher J. Potter
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Neurophysiological and behavioral responses of gypsy moth larvae to insect repellents: DEET, IR3535, and picaridin. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The interactions between insect repellents and the olfactory system have been widely studied, however relatively little is known about the effects of repellents on the gustatory system of insects. In this study, we show that the gustatory receptor neuron
Jillian L Sanford +4 more
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Essential Oils as Biofriendly Alternatives to Synthetic Insect Repellents [PDF]
InsectsMost plant-based essential oil repellent products currently available on the market utilize a “green” approach based on the volatile properties of essential oils.
Torben K. Heinbockel +1 more
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Selected Essential Oils Act as Repellents Against the House Cricket, Acheta domesticus [PDF]
InsectsThe house cricket, Acheta domesticus, is found globally. It is an agricultural pest causing economic damage to a wide variety of crops including cereal seedlings, vegetable crops, fruit plants, and stored grains.
Torben K. Heinbockel +3 more
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Harnessing insect-derived oils for enhanced efficacy of plant-based repellents against disease-transmitting mosquitoes [PDF]
Scientific ReportsMosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue, chikungunya, Zika, and yellow fever pose a growing global health threat, worsened by resistance to synthetic pesticides. This study evaluated insect oils from Schistocerca gregaria, Ruspolia differens, and
John Bwire Ochola +8 more
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Odor repellency and neuronal responses of commercial products towards Anopheles mosquitoes [PDF]
Malaria JournalBackground The bites from infected female Anopheles mosquitoes lead to hundreds of thousands of deaths annually. To find a human, mosquitoes rely on their keen sense of smell.
Minh N. Nguyen +3 more
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Commonly Used Insect Repellents Hide Human Odors from Anopheles Mosquitoes [PDF]
Current Biology, 2019 Olena Riabinina +2 more
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Generic insect repellent detector from the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 BACKGROUND: Insect repellents are prophylactic tools against a number of vector-borne diseases. There is growing demand for repellents outperforming DEET in cost and safety, but with the current technologies R&D of a new product takes almost 10 years ...
Zainulabeuddin Syed +4 more
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Modeling Insect-Repellent Use for Chikungunya Disease Prevention Among US-Caribbean Travelers [PDF]
International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health, 2017 Introduction: This study examined the relationship between specific psychosocial variables and the use of insect repellents on skin or clothing as a preventive behavior for Chikungunya fever among US travelers to Caribbean destinations.
Oghenekaro Omodior +2 more
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