Wednesday, December 12, 2001 - 12:08 PM
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Camouflage face paint insect repellent for protection against mosquitoes in the Amazon Region of Peru

Raj K. Gupta1, James W Jones2, Mustapha Debboun3, R. Fernandez4, F. Carbajal4, Michael Zyzak4, and Douglas Watts5. (1) US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Research, Plans, and Programs Directorate, 504 Scott Street, Fort Detrick, MD, (2) AFRIMS, Department of Entomology, US Army Medical Component, Bangkok, Thailand, (3) Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Department of Entomology, Building 503, Robert Grant Avenue, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, (4) NMRC-Detachment Peru, Lima, Peru, (5) NMRC, Headquarters, Washington, DC

Two topical controlled-release camouflage face paint insect repellent formulations containing 20% and 30% N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide (deet) were tested on human volunteers under tropical conditions in the Amazon basin region of Peru. These field trials were conducted to determine the efficacy of camouflage face paints (loam, sand, green, and white) with and without deet for protection against mosquitoes. The data were analyzed using box plot and ANOVAs. The preliminary analysis of data indicated that volunteers using the camouflage face paint colors containing 30% deet received the fewest bites. Both camouflage face paint insect repellent formulations were effective in preventing bites. There was no significant difference in protection among various colors of camouflage face paints with deet.

Species 1: Diptera Culicidae Psorophora albigenus
Species 2: Diptera Culicidae Aedes serratus
Keywords: mosquitoes, repellents

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