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1 September 2014 Field Evaluations of Topical Arthropod Repellents in North, Central, and South America
Kendra L. Lawrence, Nicole L. Achee, Ulrich R. Bernier, Kirk D. Mundal, John Paul Benante
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Abstract

Recently, vector-borne diseases have been resurging in endemic areas and expanding their geographic range into nonendemic areas. Such changes have refocused attention to the potential for major public health events, as naïve populations are exposed to these pathogens. Personal topical repellents, recommended by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization, remain a first line of protection against infection. The current study evaluated the repellent efficacy of four new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-registered topical repellent products, two with picaridin as the active ingredient and two with IR3535, against a standard DEET (N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide)-based product. All products were evaluated against a wide range of vector species under field conditions across the Americas. Human volunteers were used to evaluate product efficacy as compared with a well-known DEET-based formulation and determine suitability for use by the U.S. military. Findings demonstrated the new formulations performed as well as the standard U.S. military repellent and could be recommended for use.

Kendra L. Lawrence, Nicole L. Achee, Ulrich R. Bernier, Kirk D. Mundal, and John Paul Benante "Field Evaluations of Topical Arthropod Repellents in North, Central, and South America," Journal of Medical Entomology 51(5), 980-988, (1 September 2014). https://doi.org/10.1603/ME14075
Received: 5 May 2014; Accepted: 1 July 2014; Published: 1 September 2014
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KEYWORDS
biting fly
Efficacy
human volunteer
topical repellent
vector-borne disease
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