Field evaluation of spatial repellency of metofluthrin impregnated plastic strips against mosquitoes in Hai Phong City, Vietnam.
Spatial repellency of metofluthrin-impregnated polyethylene plastic strips against mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus, were studied in a residential area in Hai Phong city, Vietnam. Thirty houses were selected as trial sites; half of these were assigned as untreated control and the other half were assigned for treatment. Primarily, irrespective of the room size, one room was treated with one strip. The dominant species in the trial sites were Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes aegypti. A rapid decrease in the mosquito index was observed immediately after the treatment with metofluthrin strips, and treatment was effective for at least 6 weeks.
Kawada
Hitoshi
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Department of Vector Ecology and Environment, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan. vergiss@net-nagasaki-u.ac.jp
Yen
Nguyen Thi
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Hoa
Nguyen Thuy
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Sang
Truong Minh
TM
VAN Dan
Nguyen
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Takagi
Masahiro
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D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000187:drug effects*; D003465:Culex / Q000187:drug effects*; D003521:Cyclopropanes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005464:Fluorobenzenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007302:Insect Repellents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000379:methods*; D010969:Plastics; D011095:Polyethylenes; D014744:Vietnam
D003521:Cyclopropanes; D005464:Fluorobenzenes; D007302:Insect Repellents; D010969:Plastics; D011095:Polyethylenes; C492600:(2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-4-methoxymethylphenyl)methyl-2,2-dimethyl-3-(1-propenyl)cyclopropanecarboxylate