Repellent Activity of TRIG (N-N Diethyl Benzamide) against Man-Biting Mosquitoes

• Published in: Journal of Tropical Medicine
• Main Authors: Shandala Msangi, Eliningaya Kweka, Aneth Mahande
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Limited 2018
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; The Landing
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/9037616; https://doaj.org/article/1747287d541a4b1497353b4a2b7e5d7a

A study was conducted to assess efficacy of a new repellent brand TRIG (15% N-N Diethyl Benzamide) when compared to DEET (20% N-N Methyl Toluamide). The repellents were tested in laboratory and field. In the laboratory, the repellence was tested on human volunteers, by exposing their repellent-treat...