Effectiveness of Personal Protection Against Mosquitoes in Alaska
- 1 November 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology
- Vol. 25 (6) , 475-478
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/25.6.475
Abstract
A personal protection system consisting of an extended-duration repellent formulation containing 35% N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (deet) and a permethrin-treated battle dress uniform (0.125 mg permethrin [AI]/cm2) was tested against Culiseta impatiens (Walker) at Galena, Alaska. Participants wearing the system received 1 mosquito bite per h (99.9% protection), whereas those with an untreated uniform and no repellent received 1,188 mosquito bites per h. Deet alone provided greater than 99% protection (4 mosquito bites per h) for more than 8 h, whereas the permethrin-treated uniform alone provided 93% protection (78 mosquito bites per h).Keywords
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