To Kill or to Repel Mosquitoes? Exploring Two Strategies for Protecting Humans and Reducing Vector-Borne Disease Risks by Using Pyrethroids as Spatial Repellents.

ABSTRACT: Although control efforts are improving, vector-borne diseases remain a global public health challenge. There is a need to shift vector control paradigms while developing new products and programmes. The importance of modifying vector behaviour has been recognised for decades but has received limited attention from the public health community. This study aims to: (1) explore how the use of spatial repellents at sublethal doses could promote public health worldwide; (2) propose new methods for evaluating insecticides for use by the general public; and (3) identify key issues to address before spatial repellents can be adopted as complementary vector control tools. Two field experiments were performed to assess the effects of an insecticidal compound, the pyrethroid transfluthrin, on Aedes

SUBMITTER: Moreno-Gomez M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8471886 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature