Field trial on the spatial repellency of metofluthrin-impregnated plastic strips for mosquitoes in shelters without walls (beruga) in Lombok, Indonesia.
Field trials on the spatial repellency of metofluthrin-impregnated plastic strips for mosquitoes present in shelters without walls (beruga) were carried out in Lombok, Indonesia. A major reduction in the incidence of human biting by Culex quinquefasciatus was achieved, and the use of two strips per beruga repelled >60% of the mosquitoes for at least 11 wk while four strips repelled >60% of the mosquitoes for more than 15 weeks. The technique was found to be a practical long-term solution for the prevention of mosquito bites without using electricity or heat to evaporate the metofluthrin.
Kawada
Hitoshi
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Department of Vector Ecology and Environment, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
Maekawa
Yoshihide
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Takagi
Masahiro
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D000818:Animals; D003465:Culex; D003521:Cyclopropanes; D005464:Fluorobenzenes; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007302:Insect Repellents; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000379:methods*
D003521:Cyclopropanes; D005464:Fluorobenzenes; D007302:Insect Repellents; C492600:(2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-4-methoxymethylphenyl)methyl-2,2-dimethyl-3-(1-propenyl)cyclopropanecarboxylate