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Comparative Efficacy of Mosquito Repellents against Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)  

Kang, Shin-Ho (Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University)
Jang, Sun-Ah (Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University)
Han, Jong-Been (Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University)
Seo, Dong-Kyu (Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University)
Song, Chi-Hun (Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University)
Kim, Min-Ki (Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University)
Kim, Young-Lim (Drug Evaluation Department, Korea Food & Drug Administration)
Choi, Seon-Hee (Drug Evaluation Department, Korea Food & Drug Administration)
Kim, In-Kyu (Drug Evaluation Department, Korea Food & Drug Administration)
Kim, Gil-Hah (Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University)
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Korean journal of applied entomology / v.44, no.3, 2005 , pp. 243-249 More about this Journal
Abstract
We investigated the repellency of eight mosquito repellents against Culex pipiens pallens and Aedes albopictus, and the quantity of DEETs were analysed by using gas chromatography. Ae. albopictus showed higher bloodsucking efficacy than Cx. pipiens pallens of the two subjects mouse and human hands, and human hand was more efficacious method for mosquito bloodsucking efficacy than mouse. Among the eight repellents were tested with mouse as subjects for eight hours, product C, G, and H were high repellency than others. In the case of human hands as subject, product C was highly effective than above other products. The DEET quantities of eight repellants varied from 7.31 g to 38.9 g in 100 g contents and we ascertained that there was a correlation between mosquito repellency and the DEET quantities remained after the treatments. It was evidenced from the long term test with shirt piece, in this test the Ae. albopictus attack was increased when the DEET quantity decreased below 40%.
Keywords
Aedes albopictus; Mosquito repellent; Repellency; DEET(N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide);
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