Insect Repellents

10/01/2009 - "Efficacy of four insect repellents against mosquito bites: a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled field study in Senegal."
09/01/2010 - "All travelers to the United States should be advised to practice personal protection against arthropod bites, including appropriate use of insect repellents, especially when visiting rural and suburban areas during the warm months."
02/08/2003 - "Prevention is based on protection against mosquito bites by wearing clothes to protect the skin, and by using insect repellents."
07/04/2002 - "Comparative efficacy of insect repellents against mosquito bites."
01/01/2022 - "We use a game-theoretic approach to assess the voluntary use of insect repellents in the prevention of the spread of LF through vector bites. "

11/21/2014 - "Are topical insect repellents effective against malaria in endemic populations? "
11/21/2014 - "A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to assess the efficacy of topical insect repellents against malaria. "
11/17/2007 - "Insect repellents can provide protection against malaria. "
03/01/2005 - "Malaria prevention has benefited from many diverse disciplines of research, including epidemiologic monitoring, development of laboratory techniques, assessment of insect repellents, or pharmaceutical innovations. "
12/01/2000 - "Efficacy of three insect repellents against the malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis."

10/01/2015 - "The insect repellent compounds are used to protect humans, animals and plants against insect bites. "
07/21/2021 - "Chemical control measures (insect repellents) were the most used prevention method, and traditional medicine was the remedy most commonly used to treat insect bites and transmitted diseases. "
11/01/2013 - "Insect repellents are widely used to protect against insect bites and thus prevent allergic reaction and the spread of disease. "
01/01/2021 - "DEET is the most widely used active ingredient in insect repellents and offers protection against insect bites. "
01/01/2023 - "N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET) is an ingredient found in many consumer insect repellents and its use is recommended to Canadians by government agencies, including Health Canada, for protection against insect bites including mosquitos and ticks. "

01/01/2023 - "The use of insect repellents (IRs) to prevent systemic infections constitutes a fundamental public health effort. "
01/01/2014 - "While broadscale mosquito control programs will assist in reducing the abundance of mosquito populations and subsequently reduce the risks of disease, for many individuals, the use of topical insect repellents and other personal protective strategies will remain the first line of defense against infection. "
09/01/2008 - "Insect repellents, eradication of vectors and control of the animal reservoir are useful to prevent infection."
08/17/1995 - "Persons who never used insect repellent were more likely to have had infection than persons who did. "
01/01/2016 - "Further studies evaluating the effects of other arboviral infections on insect repellents activity are necessary in order to provide better recommendation on the prevention of vector-borne disease transmission."

01/01/2017 - "Efficacy of Some Wearable Devices Compared with Spray-On Insect Repellents for the Yellow Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae)."
01/01/2017 - "Erratum: Efficacy of Some Wearable Devices Compared with Spray-On Insect Repellents for the Yellow Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae)."
03/01/2013 - "Gustatory receptor neuron responds to DEET and other insect repellents in the yellow-fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti."
10/01/2020 - "To protect humans from malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever, zika, and filariasis, as well as to reduce economic losses associated with crop damage, considerably more efforts are needed to characterize the interactions between insects and insect repellents/pesticides to develop more potent pest control agents."
01/01/2018 - "In this regard, Rhododendron tomentosum has revealed repellent insect activity, particularly against Aedes aegypti, responsible for Dengue fever, Chikungunya, Zika fever, Mayaro, yellow fever and other infectious diseases. "