Reduction of Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) Attacks on a Human Subject by Combination of Wind and Vapor-Phase DEET Repellent

Eric J. Hoffmann; James R. Miller

doi:10.1603/0022-2585-39.6.935

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1 November 2002 Reduction of Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) Attacks on a Human Subject by Combination of Wind and Vapor-Phase DEET Repellent

Eric J. Hoffmann, James R. Miller

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J. of Medical Entomology, 39(6):935-938 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585-39.6.935

Abstract

In a Central Michigan wetland setting, air drawn through a DEET-impregnated screen using an electric fan and projected toward a human subject significantly reduced mosquito orientation by 74%, landing by 75%, and probing by 70%, relative to no applied wind or DEET. The DEET vapor effect was significant as revealed by a statistically significant wind/DEET interaction. The wind speed at the downwind human subject was 0.6 m/s and the DEET vapor concentration was estimated at 2 μg/liter air. We suggest a combination of directed wind and volatile repellent might be developed as a mosquito deterrent strategy for the backyard setting.

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Eric J. Hoffmann and James R. Miller "Reduction of Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) Attacks on a Human Subject by Combination of Wind and Vapor-Phase DEET Repellent," Journal of Medical Entomology 39(6), 935-938, (1 November 2002). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585-39.6.935

Received: 5 November 2001; Accepted: 1 April 2002; Published: 1 November 2002

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