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ArticleScientific reports2017

A promising azeotrope-like mosquito repellent blend.

Homa Izadi, Walter W Focke, Erfan Asaadi, Rajendra Maharaj, Jannie Pretorius, Mattheüs Theodor Loots

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Homa IzadiInstitute of Applied Materials, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Walter W FockeInstitute of Applied Materials, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. Walter.Focke@up.ac.za.ORCID 0000-0002-8512-8948
Erfan AsaadiInstitute of Applied Materials, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Rajendra MaharajInstitute for Sustainable Malaria Control, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Jannie PretoriusDepartment of Chemistry and Supercomputer Centre, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Mattheüs Theodor LootsDepartment of Statistics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Topical repellents play a key role in reducing the outdoor transmission of mosquito-borne diseases by reducing human-vector contact. Excellent repellents are available, but there is always room for improvement. This article reports on a particularly effective binary repellent blend of ethyl butylacetylaminopropionate and nonanoic acid. A composition containing 25 mol% of the acid exhibits negative pseudo-azeotrope behaviour at 50 °C, meaning that the liquid vapour pressure is lower than that of the parent compounds and evaporation occurs without a change in the liquid composition. In tests performed using the South African Medical Research Council's cup-on-arm procedure, this mixture provided better protection for a longer time than the "gold standard of mosquito repellents", namely N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide, commonly known as DEET.

Indexed as

AnimalsCulicidaeHumansInsect RepellentsModels, MolecularPhase TransitionSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredThermogravimetryInsect Repellents

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PMID28860609
PMCPMC5579307

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