title: Field efficacy of commercial antimosquito products in Illinois.
abstract: We evaluated the efficacy of commercial antimosquito products in field trials in Illinois in June 1998 by comparing mosquito landing rates. Products tested were a sonic mosquito repeller, an insect killing grid using ultraviolet light and 1-octen-3-ol as lures, mosquito smoke coils containing a pyrethroid, citronella candles, the mosquito plant Pelargonium citrosum, and a N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide (deet)-impregnated wrist band. The sonic mosquito repeller, insect killing grid, and mosquito smoke coils were evaluated in 16 trials over 5 days; the citronella candles and mosquito plants in II trials over 4 days; and the wrist bands in 4 trials on 1 day. In all 3 studies, we compared landing rates with the antimosquito products to both positive (topical application of a deet formulation) and negative (no treatment) controls. The deet topical repellent had a consistently lower landing rate than all the nontopically applied products tested. However, the mosquito coils and the deet-impregnated wrist bands did significantly reduce mosquito landing rates relative to untreated controls.
authors.affiliation: Medical Entomology Program, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign 61820, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lampman
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Slamecka
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Novak
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae; D003671:DEET; D021902:Enterobacter aerogenes; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D007302:Insect Repellents; D007306:Insecticides; D009032:Mosquito Control
chemical_list: D007302:Insect Repellents; D007306:Insecticides; D003671:DEET