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Relative potency of DEPA as a repellent against the sandfly Phlebotomus papatasi
Author(s) -
KALYANASUNDARAM M.,
SRINIVASAN R.,
SUBRAMANIAN S.,
PANICKER K. N.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
medical and veterinary entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2915
pISSN - 0269-283X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1994.tb00388.x
Subject(s) - deet , sandfly , biology , potency , toxicology , insect repellent , dimethyl phthalate , chemistry , phthalate , leishmania , ecology , genetics , organic chemistry , parasite hosting , in vitro , world wide web , computer science
. The insect repellent N,N‐diethylphenylacetamide (DEPA) was compared with two commercial repellents, N,N‐diethyl‐m‐toluamide (DEET) and dimethyl phthalate (DMP), for protection against 3‐day‐old unfed females of the sandfly Phlebotomus papatasi (Scopoli) under laboratory conditions, using host rabbits. Both DEPA and DEET were found to be more effective than DMP, but there was no significant difference between the efficacy of DEPA and DEET.