Open AccessMosquito repellents for the traveller: does picaridin provide longer protection than DEET?
Author(s) -
Larry Goodyer,
Steven R. Schofield
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of travel medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1708-8305
pISSN - 1195-1982
DOI - 10.1093/jtm/tay005
Subject(s) - deet , medicine , toxicology , persistence (discontinuity) , biology , immunology , geotechnical engineering , engineering
This review examines the published laboratory and field tests where the repellents DEET and picaridin have been compared for their efficacy as repellents against mosquitoes. The review is limited to an assessment of whether the duration of protection afforded by picaridin is similar to or better than DEET.
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