Accession Number:

ADA051081

Title:

Field Trials of Mosquito Repellents in Florida, Alaska, and California

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

LETTERMAN ARMY INST OF RESEARCH PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO CA

Personal Author(s):

• Spencer, T. S.
• Akers, W. A.

Report Date:

1976-07-27

Pagination or Media Count:

5.0

Abstract:

Four repellents were tested under different climatic conditions found at Turtle Mound, Florida Fort Wainwright, Alaska and Colusa, California. Test repellents cyclo-hexamethylene-carbamide and n-butane-hexamethyleneimine- sulfonamide were found to protect as long as or longer than N, N-diethyl-m- toluamide, the standard military repellent, under all test conditions at equal concentrations. Trioxa-pentadecan-1-01 was statistically no different from deet. Mild temperatures in Alaska compared to Florida and California caused all repellents tested to be effective for 7-9 hours despite heavy mosquito populations.

Descriptors:

• *CULICIDAE
• *INSECT REPELLENTS
• AMIDES
• CYCLIC COMPOUNDS
• MOSQUITO BORNE DISEASES
• SULFONAMIDES

Subject Categories:

• Biology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE