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ArticleJournal of insect science (Online)2017

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

Stacy D Rodriguez, Hae-Na Chung, Kristina K Gonzales, Julia Vulcan, Yiyi Li, Jorge A Ahumada, Hector M Romero, Mario De La Torre, Fangjun Shu, Immo A Hansen

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Article in Journal of insect science (Online), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stacy D RodriguezDepartment of Biology, New Mexico State University, 1200?S. Horseshoe Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88003.
Hae-Na ChungDepartment of Biology, New Mexico State University, 1200?S. Horseshoe Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88003.
Kristina K GonzalesDepartment of Biology, New Mexico State University, 1200?S. Horseshoe Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88003.
Julia VulcanDepartment of Biology, New Mexico State University, 1200?S. Horseshoe Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88003.
Yiyi LiDepartment of Computer Science, New Mexico State University, 1290 Frenger Mall, Las Cruces, NM 88003.
Jorge A AhumadaMechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New Mexico State University, 1040?S. Horseshoe Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88003.
Hector M RomeroMechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New Mexico State University, 1040?S. Horseshoe Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88003.
Mario De La TorreMechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New Mexico State University, 1040?S. Horseshoe Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88003.
Fangjun ShuMechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New Mexico State University, 1040?S. Horseshoe Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88003.
Immo A HansenDepartment of Biology, New Mexico State University, 1200 S. Horseshoe Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88003.
New Mexico State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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 repellents and wearable repellent devices are commercially available. The efficacies of many repellents are unknown. This study focuses on the efficacy of eleven different repellents in reducing the number of Ae. aegypti female mosquitoes attracted to human bait. We performed attraction-inhibition assays using a taxis cage in a wind tunnel setting. One person was placed upwind of the taxis cage and the mosquito movement towards or away from the person was recorded. The person was treated with various spray-on repellents or equipped with different mosquito repellent devices. We found that the spray-on repellents containing N,N-Diethyl-meta-toluamide and p-menthane-3,8-diol had the highest efficacy in repelling mosquitoes compared to repellents with other ingredients. From the five wearable devices that we tested, only the one that releases Metofluthrin significantly reduced the numbers of attracted mosquitoes. The citronella candle had no effect. We conclude that many of the products that we tested that were marketed as repellents do not reduce mosquito attraction to humans.

Indexed as

AedesInsect RepellentsMosquito ControlAnimalsChemotaxisFemaleHumansInsect RepellentsAedesDEETrepellenttaxis cageyellow fever mosquito

Identifiers

PMID28423421
PMCPMC5388317
OpenAlexW2587817307

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