Behavioural mode of action of deet: inhibition of lactic acid attraction
- 1 March 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Medical and Veterinary Entomology
- Vol. 13 (1) , 97-100
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00145.x
Abstract
Using the mosquito Aedes aegypti in a novel olfactometer that measures movement towards and away from a stimulus, we could not confirm that ‘deet’ is a repellent of mosquitoes. In the absence of a ho...Keywords
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