Drugs and Disease as Mosquito Repellents in Man *
- 1 May 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 17 (3) , 461-464
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1968.17.461
Abstract
Summary Hospitalized patients with various diseases and taking various medications were surveyed for their attractiveness to mosquitoes by a mosquito-probing technique. No drug was found that induced unattractiveness, and no disease was associated with unattractiveness, with the possible exception of untreated myxedema. Vitamins, expecially B1, in biting and probing tests were found inactive systemic mosquito repellents.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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