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ArticleFrontiers in insect science2026

The efficacy of commercially available essential oil-based candles as spatial repellents against

April D Lopez, Claudia J Galvan, F Omar Holguin, Christopher J Sroka, Immo A Hansen

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Article in Frontiers in insect science, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

April D LopezDepartment of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, United States.
Claudia J GalvanDepartment of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, United States.
F Omar HolguinDepartment of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, United States.
Christopher J SrokaDepartment of Economics, Applied Statistics, and International Business, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, United States.
Immo A HansenDepartment of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, United States.

Funding

The Molecular Vector Physiology Laboratory at New Mexico State UniversityR35GM144049 · NIGMS · NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY LAS CRUCES · PI Immo Alex Hansen · 2022 to 2026
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NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM144049
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spatial mosquito repellents contain volatile compounds that disrupt mosquito host seeking behavior. Some essential oils have been shown to be effective spatial repellents against biting insects. In this study, we acquired seven batches of commercially available candles containing mixtures of essential oils. Six of these candle labels claim that they repel mosquitoes. We used a taxis cage assay to evaluate the spatial repellency against

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Aedes aegypticandleessential oilmosquitospatial repellenttaxis cage

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PMID42719067
PMCPMC13555344

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