Dwelling Space Repellents: Their use on Military Tentage Against Mosquitoes in Kenya, East Africa
- 25 November 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology
- Vol. 14 (2) , 252-253
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/14.2.252
Abstract
Spatial action repellents in combination with wide-mesh bed nets and jackets have demonstrated significant protection against mosquitoes and other biting flies (reviewed by Grothaus, Gouck, Weidhaas & Jackson, 1974, Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 23: 533–37; Grothaus, Haskins, Schreck & Gouck, 1976, Mosq. News 36: 11–18). The importance of developing the area dispersal of repellents for suppressing mosquito activity has also been stressed by Wright (1975, Sci. Am. 233: 104–11), based upon his studies of the effects of repellents on mosquito behavior. In Ethiopia, exploratory studies by Sholdt, Holloway, Grothaus & Schreck (1976, Mosq. News 36: 327–31) demonstrated that “dwelling space repellents” applied to native mud and grass huts successfully reduced the entrance of host-seeking anopheline and culicine mosquitoes. In this note, we report the use of dwelling space repellents on military tentage and the resultant effect on mosquito behavior.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: