Campus Units
Entomology
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2018
Journal or Book Title
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume
14
Issue
2
First Page
124
DOI
10.3390/ijerph14020124
Abstract
Every year, approximately 700,000 people die from complications associated with etiologic disease agents transmitted by mosquitoes. While insecticide-based vector control strategies are important for the management of mosquito-borne diseases, insecticide-resistance and other logistical hurdles may lower the efficacy of this approach, especially in developing countries. Repellent technologies represent another fundamental aspect of preventing mosquito-borne disease transmission. Among these technologies, spatial repellents are promising alternatives to the currently utilized contact repellents and may significantly aid in the prevention of mosquito-borne disease if properly incorporated into integrated pest management approaches. As their deployment would not rely on prohibitively expensive or impractical novel accessory technologies and resources, they have potential utility in developing countries where the burden of mosquito-borne disease is most prevalent. This review aims to describe the history of various repellent technologies, highlight the potential of repellent technologies in preventing the spread of mosquito-borne disease, and discuss currently known mechanisms that confer resistance to current contact and spatial repellents, which may lead to the failures of these repellents. In the subsequent section, current and future research projects aimed at exploring long-lasting non-pyrethroid spatial repellent molecules along with new paradigms and rationale for their development will be discussed.
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Copyright Owner
The Authors
Copyright Date
2017
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Norris, Edmund J. and Coats, Joel R., "Current and Future Repellent Technologies: The Potential of Spatial Repellents and Their Place in Mosquito-Borne Disease Control" (2018). Entomology Publications. 493.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ent_pubs/493
Comments
This article is published as Norris, Edmund J., and Joel R. Coats. "Current and future repellent technologies: The potential of spatial repellents and their place in mosquito-borne disease control." International journal of environmental research and public health 14, no. 2 (2017): 124. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14020124.