The mosquito repellent efficacy of New Mountain Sandalwood Mosquito Sticks®(containing 0.5% w/w essential oils) and New Mountain Sandalwood Botanical Repellent (containing soybean and geranium oils) was assessed. Tests were conducted in the field with 4 volunteers in a wooded area near Cairns, North Queensland, Australia. Predominant biting species were Verrallina funerea and Ve. lineata. A pair of burning Mosquito Sticks immediately upwind of the subject (acting as an area repellent) provided a 73.1% mean reduction in mosquito landing and probing over the 3-h test period. The Botanical Repellent and a DEET-based control were both 100% effective in preventing mosquito probing for 3 h. These data are consistent with other studies of area repellents in that such products provide significant protection from mosquito bites, albeit inferior to the protection provided by topically applied repellents.
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1 March 2006
FIELD EVALUATION OF NEW MOUNTAIN SANDALWOOD MOSQUITO STICKS®AND NEW MOUNTAIN SANDALWOOD BOTANICAL REPELLENT AGAINST MOSQUITOES IN NORTH QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
SCOTT A. RITCHIE,
CRAIG R. WILLIAMS,
BRIAN L. MONTGOMERY
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Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
Vol. 22 • No. 1
March 2006
Vol. 22 • No. 1
March 2006
Australia
botanical
mosquito sticks
mosquitoes
repellent