Retraction: Odour receptors and neurons for DEET and new insect repellents. [PDF]
Nature, 2016 Pinky Kain +6 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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Plant-based insect repellents: a review of their efficacy, development and testing
Malaria Journal, 2011 Plant-based repellents have been used for generations in traditional practice as a personal protection measure against host-seeking mosquitoes. Knowledge on traditional repellent plants obtained through ethnobotanical studies is a valuable resource for ...
Maia Marta, Moore Sarah J
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The enigmatic reception of DEET - the gold standard of insect repellents. [PDF]
Curr Opin Insect Sci, 2014 Leal WS.
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Chemical and Plant-Based Insect Repellents: Efficacy, Safety, and Toxicity
Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, 2016 James H Diaz
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Olfactory Stimulation of Africanized Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Attacks by Insect Repellents [PDF]
Journal of Medical Entomology, 2003 An Johnston +2 more
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Analysis and fate of insect repellents
Water Science and Technology, 2004 During summer months the insect repellent N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET) could always be detected in influents and effluents of wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) and anthropogenically influenced surface waters. In Germany the concentrations have decreased constantly since 1999, when DEET was substituted by Bayrepel.
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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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