Olfactometric evaluation of spatial repellents for Aedes aegypti.

Olfactometric Evaluation of Spatial Repellents for <i>Aedes aegypti</i>

The spatial repellency responses of Aedes aegypti (L.) to deet, dehydrolinalool and linalool were evaluated using a dual port olfactometer. In the absence of human attractant mixture, each of the three chemicals resulted in activation and/or orientation of mosquitoes to the chemical source. Linalool was the most attractive compound. In the presence of human attractant mixture, activation and/or...

Correction: Evaluation of a push-pull approach for Aedes aegypti (L.) using a novel dispensing system for spatial repellents in the laboratory and in a semi-field environment

Correction: Evaluation of a push-pull approach for Aedes aegypti (L.) using a novel dispensing system for spatial repellents in the laboratory and in a semi-field environment. PLoS Copyright: © 2015 Obermayr et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, ...

Efficacy of Some Wearable Devices Compared with Spray-On Insect Repellents for the Yellow Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae)

The current Zika health crisis in the Americas has created an intense interest in mosquito control methods and products. Mosquito vectors of Zika are of the genus Aedes, mainly the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. L. The use of repellents to alter mosquito host seeking behavior is an effective method for the prevention of mosquito-borne diseases. A large number of different spray-on repell...

Transmission of African Horse-Sickness by Means of Mosquito Bites and Replication of the Virus in Aedes aegypti

Responses of male and female mosquitoes to repellents in the World Health Organization insecticide irritability test system.

A study was conducted to compare responses of male and female Aedes aegypti (Linn.) and Aedes taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann) to 9 olfactory repellents in the World Health Organization insecticide irritability test system. An irritant insecticide (permethrin) and a control were included for comparison. Aedes aegypti exhibited significantly more takeoffs than Ae. taeniorhynchus, and female mosquitoes...