Toward comfortable mosquito-proof clothing: repellent- and insecticide-free fabrics that block bites across three disease-transmitting mosquito genera.

ABSTRACT: Mosquito-borne disease and nuisance biting from mosquitoes have severe health and economic consequences. Conventional fabrics are typically not effective at providing protection against mosquito bites, and fabrics treated with repellents and/or insecticides are limited by rising insecticide resistance, risk of significant dermatologic and neurologic side effects, and decreased efficacy with washing and time. The goal of this study was to identify commercially available, repellent/insecticide-free, comfortable fabrics that block bites from three genera of mosquitoes that are known to transmit dangerous infectious diseases with widespread distribution: Aedes, Anopheles, and Culex. To do this, we evaluated fabrics from Ripstop By the Roll LLC in a step-wise series of mouse blood-feeding and b

SUBMITTER: Hill E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12823275 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature