A field trial of ethyl hexanediol against Aedes dorsalis in Sonoma County, California.
The repellent ethyl hexanediol (2-ethyl-1,3-hexanediol) was tested against the mosquito Aedes dorsalis in a coastal salt marsh in California. The experimental design incorporated a linear regression model, sequential treatments and a proportional end point (95%) for protection time. The protection time of 0.10 mg/cm2 ethyl hexanediol was estimated at 0.8 h. This time is shorter than that obtained previously for deet (N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide) against Ae. dorsalis (4.4 h).
Rutledge
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Letterman Army Institute of Research, Presidio of San Francisco, CA 94129-6800.
Hooper
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Wirtz
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Gupta
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D000330:Aedes; D000818:Animals; D002140:California; D005260:Female; D006018:Glycols; D006801:Humans; D007302:Insect Repellents; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012623:Seawater; D013997:Time Factors
D006018:Glycols; D007302:Insect Repellents; C004917:ethohexadiol