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AgamOBP1-Directed Discovery of Repellents to Control the Spread of Mosquito-Borne Diseases. [PDF]

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Chazapi E   +10 more
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Putting behaviors into context for vector-borne diseases: Examining behaviors that may reduce exposure to disease vectors. [PDF]

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de Brito RN   +17 more
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Insect Repellents

The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommend using insect repellents to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes, ticks, and other arthropods that transmit disease-causing pathogens. Repellents applied to exposed skin should be used in conjunction with other preventive measures such as wearing ...
Anna Wypych, George Wypych
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Insect repellents

Postgraduate Medicine, 1997
DEET remains one of the most effective repellents against a wide variety of insects. Although adverse reactions have been reported in the medical literature and magnified in the press, the compound is remarkably safe and has been used by hundreds of millions of people over the past 40 years.
E A, Mafong, L A, Kaplan
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Insect Repellents

2006
Preface, M. Debboun, S. Frances, and D. Strickman Principles History of Insect Repellents, S.J. Moore and M. Debboun Terminology of Insect Repellents, G.B. White Vertebrate Chemical Defense: Secreted and Topically Acquired Deterrents of Arthropods, P.J. Weldon and J.F.
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Insect repellents: An overview

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 1997
The optimal management of arthropod bites is prevention, and many over-the-counter insect repellents are available. Since first marketed in 1956, deet has remained the most effective repellent against mosquitoes, biting fleas, gnats, and chiggers. Permethrin is applied to clothing rather than to skin, and it is a better repellent against ticks than ...
M, Brown, A A, Hebert
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