Insect repellent (English Wikipedia)

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Abrol, D. P.; Shankar, Uma (2012). Integrated Pest Management: Principles and Practice. CABI. pp. 152–153. ISBN 978-1-84593-808-6.

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"Updated Information regarding Insect Repellents". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 14 August 2017.
Preventing tick bites on people, CDC
"Insect Repellent Use and Safety". West Nile Virus. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 12 January 2007.

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"Protection against Mosquitoes, Ticks, & Other Arthropods", U.S. Centers for Disease Control

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Roberts C (22 October 2018). "Should You Use Natural Tick Prevention for Your Dog or Cat?". Consumer Reports. Consumer Reports Inc. Retrieved 12 December 2018.

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"Insect Repellents". DermNet NZ. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2011.

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Esposito, Michelle Marie; Turku, Sara; Lehrfield, Leora; Shoman, Ayat (2023-05-15). "The Impact of Human Activities on Zoonotic Infection Transmissions". Animals. 13 (10): 1646. doi:10.3390/ani13101646. ISSN 2076-2615. PMC 10215220. PMID 37238075.
Fradin MS, Day JF (July 2002). "Comparative efficacy of insect repellents against mosquito bites". The New England Journal of Medicine. 347 (1): 13–8. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa011699. PMID 12097535.
Collins DA, Brady JN, Curtis CF (1993). "Assessment of the efficacy of Quwenling as a Mosquito repellent". Phytotherapy Research. 7 (1): 17–20. doi:10.1002/ptr.2650070106. S2CID 84435830.
Rodriguez, Stacy D.; Drake, Lisa L.; Price, David P.; Hammond, John I.; Hansen, Immo A. (October 2015). "The Efficacy of Some Commercially Available Insect Repellents for Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)". Journal of Insect Science. 15 (1): 140. doi:10.1093/jisesa/iev125. PMC 4667684. PMID 26443777.
Sritabutra, Duangkamon; Soonwera, Mayura; Waltanachanobon, Sirirat; Poungjai, Supaporn (September 2011). "Evaluation of herbal essential oil as repellents against Aedes aegypti (L.) and Anopheles dirus Peyton & Harrion". Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine. 1 (1): S124–S128. doi:10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60138-X.
Almeida RM, Han BA, Reisinger AJ, Kagemann C, Rosi EJ (October 2018). "High mortality in aquatic predators of mosquito larvae caused by exposure to insect repellent". Biology Letters. 14 (10) 20180526. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2018.0526. PMC 6227861. PMID 30381452.
da Costa KS, Galúcio JM, da Costa CH, Santana AR, Dos Santos Carvalho V, do Nascimento LD, et al. (December 2019). "Exploring the Potentiality of Natural Products from Essential Oils as Inhibitors of Odorant-Binding Proteins: A Structure- and Ligand-Based Virtual Screening Approach To Find Novel Mosquito Repellents". ACS Omega. 4 (27): 22475–22486. doi:10.1021/acsomega.9b03157. PMC 6941369. PMID 31909330.
Oliferenko PV, Oliferenko AA, Poda GI, Osolodkin DI, Pillai GG, Bernier UR, et al. (2013-09-06). Oliveira PL (ed.). "Promising Aedes aegypti repellent chemotypes identified through integrated QSAR, virtual screening, synthesis, and bioassay". PLOS ONE. 8 (9) e64547. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...864547O. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064547. PMC 3765160. PMID 24039693.
Thireou T, Kythreoti G, Tsitsanou KE, Koussis K, Drakou CE, Kinnersley J, et al. (July 2018). "Identification of novel bioinspired synthetic mosquito repellents by combined ligand-based screening and OBP-structure-based molecular docking". Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 98: 48–61. Bibcode:2018IBMB...98...48T. doi:10.1016/j.ibmb.2018.05.001. PMID 29751047. S2CID 21670580.
Taverne, Janice (2001). "Malaria on the Web and the mosquito-repellent properties of basil". Trends in Parasitology. 17 (6): 299–300. doi:10.1016/S1471-4922(01)01978-X.
Jones AM, Klun JA, Cantrell CL, Ragone D, Chauhan KR, Brown PN, Murch SJ (April 2012). "Isolation and identification of mosquito (Aedes aegypti ) biting deterrent fatty acids from male inflorescences of breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg)". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 60 (15): 3867–73. Bibcode:2012JAFC...60.3867J. doi:10.1021/jf300101w. PMID 22420541.
Tuetun B, Choochote W, Pongpaibul Y, Junkum A, Kanjanapothi D, Chaithong U, et al. (February 2009). "Field evaluation of G10, a celery (Apium graveolens)-based topical repellent, against mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand". Parasitology Research. 104 (3): 515–21. doi:10.1007/s00436-008-1224-9. PMID 18853188. S2CID 7846747.
Batish, Daizy R.; Singh, Harminder Pal; Kohli, Ravinder Kumar; Kaur, Shalinder (2008-12-10). "Eucalyptus essential oil as a natural pesticide". Forest Ecology and Management. 256 (12): 2166–2174. Bibcode:2008ForEM.256.2166B. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.008.
Bentley, Ronald (2008). "A fresh look at natural tropolonoids". Nat. Prod. Rep. 25 (1): 118–138. doi:10.1039/B711474E. PMID 18250899.
Pohlit, Adrian; Lopes, Norberto; Gama, Renata; Tadei, Wanderli; de Andrade Neto, Valter (April 2011). "Patent Literature on Mosquito Repellent Inventions which Contain Plant Essential Oils – A Review". Planta Medica. 77 (6): 598–617. Bibcode:2011PlMed..77..598P. doi:10.1055/s-0030-1270723. PMID 21328177.
Jaenson TG, Garboui S, Palsson K (July 2006). "Repellency of oils of lemon eucalyptus, geranium, and lavender and the mosquito repellent MyggA natural to Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) in the laboratory and field". Journal of Medical Entomology. 43 (4): 731–6. doi:10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[731:rooole]2.0.co;2 (inactive 10 July 2025). PMID 16892632. S2CID 27630770.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link)
Cook SM, Jönsson M, Skellern MP, Murray DA, Anderson P, Powell W (2007). "Responses of Phradis parasitoids to volatiles of lavender, Lavendula angustifolia – a possible repellent for their host, Meligethes aeneus". BioControl. 52 (5): 591–598. Bibcode:2007BioCo..52..591C. doi:10.1007/s10526-006-9057-x. S2CID 21013087.
Oyedele AO, Gbolade AA, Sosan MB, Adewoyin FB, Soyelu OL, Orafidiya OO (April 2002). "Formulation of an effective mosquito-repellent topical product from lemongrass oil". Phytomedicine. 9 (3): 259–62. doi:10.1078/0944-7113-00120. PMID 12046869.
Momen FM, Amer SA, Refaat AM (2001). "Repellent and Oviposition-Deterring Activity of Rosemary and Sweet Marjoram on the Spider Mites Tetranychus urticae and Eutetranychus orientalis (Acari: Tetranychidae)" (PDF). Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica. 36 (1–2): 155–164. doi:10.1556/APhyt.36.2001.1-2.18. S2CID 85126848.
Ansari MA, Vasudevan P, Tandon M, Razdan RK (2000). "Larvicidal and mosquito repellent action of peppermint (Mentha piperita) oil". Bioresource Technology. 71 (3): 267–271. Bibcode:2000BiTec..71..267A. doi:10.1016/S0960-8524(99)00079-6.
Ives AR, Paskewitz SM (June 2005). "Testing vitamin B as a home remedy against mosquitoes". Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 21 (2): 213–7. doi:10.2987/8756-971X(2005)21[213:TVBAAH]2.0.CO;2. PMID 16033124. S2CID 12867745.
Strauss WG, Maibach HI, Khan AA (May 1968). "Drugs and disease as mosquito repellents in man". The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 17 (3): 461–4. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1968.17.461. PMID 4385133.
Enayati AA, Hemingway J, Garner P (April 2007). "Electronic mosquito repellents for preventing mosquito bites and malaria infection" (PDF). The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 18 (2) CD005434. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD005434.pub2. PMC 6532582. PMID 17443590.
Dethier, V. G. (1956). "Repellents". Annual Review of Entomology. 1 (1). Annual Reviews: 181–202. doi:10.1146/annurev.en.01.010156.001145. ISSN 0066-4170.

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"Reregistration Eligibility Decision: DEET". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances. September 1998. pp39-40 Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
"Citronella (Oil of Citronella) (021901) Fact Sheet". United States Environmental Protection Agency. 16 February 2011. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
"Skin-Applied Repellent Ingredients". EPA. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
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"Mosquito repellents that emit high-pitched sounds don't prevent bites" (Press release). Eurekalert!. April 17, 2007. Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2007.

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Oliferenko PV, Oliferenko AA, Poda GI, Osolodkin DI, Pillai GG, Bernier UR, et al. (2013-09-06). Oliveira PL (ed.). "Promising Aedes aegypti repellent chemotypes identified through integrated QSAR, virtual screening, synthesis, and bioassay". PLOS ONE. 8 (9) e64547. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...864547O. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064547. PMC 3765160. PMID 24039693.
Thireou T, Kythreoti G, Tsitsanou KE, Koussis K, Drakou CE, Kinnersley J, et al. (July 2018). "Identification of novel bioinspired synthetic mosquito repellents by combined ligand-based screening and OBP-structure-based molecular docking". Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 98: 48–61. Bibcode:2018IBMB...98...48T. doi:10.1016/j.ibmb.2018.05.001. PMID 29751047. S2CID 21670580.
Jones AM, Klun JA, Cantrell CL, Ragone D, Chauhan KR, Brown PN, Murch SJ (April 2012). "Isolation and identification of mosquito (Aedes aegypti ) biting deterrent fatty acids from male inflorescences of breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg)". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 60 (15): 3867–73. Bibcode:2012JAFC...60.3867J. doi:10.1021/jf300101w. PMID 22420541.
Batish, Daizy R.; Singh, Harminder Pal; Kohli, Ravinder Kumar; Kaur, Shalinder (2008-12-10). "Eucalyptus essential oil as a natural pesticide". Forest Ecology and Management. 256 (12): 2166–2174. Bibcode:2008ForEM.256.2166B. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.008.
Pohlit, Adrian; Lopes, Norberto; Gama, Renata; Tadei, Wanderli; de Andrade Neto, Valter (April 2011). "Patent Literature on Mosquito Repellent Inventions which Contain Plant Essential Oils – A Review". Planta Medica. 77 (6): 598–617. Bibcode:2011PlMed..77..598P. doi:10.1055/s-0030-1270723. PMID 21328177.
Cook SM, Jönsson M, Skellern MP, Murray DA, Anderson P, Powell W (2007). "Responses of Phradis parasitoids to volatiles of lavender, Lavendula angustifolia – a possible repellent for their host, Meligethes aeneus". BioControl. 52 (5): 591–598. Bibcode:2007BioCo..52..591C. doi:10.1007/s10526-006-9057-x. S2CID 21013087.
Ansari MA, Vasudevan P, Tandon M, Razdan RK (2000). "Larvicidal and mosquito repellent action of peppermint (Mentha piperita) oil". Bioresource Technology. 71 (3): 267–271. Bibcode:2000BiTec..71..267A. doi:10.1016/S0960-8524(99)00079-6.

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Deka MK, Singh K, Handique R. "Antifeedant and Repellent Effects of Pongam (Pongamia Pinnata) and Wild Sage (Lantana Camara) on Tea Mosquito Bug (Helopeltis Theivora)". Indian Journal of Agricultural Science. 68 (5): 274. Retrieved 22 November 2007.

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Enayati AA, Hemingway J, Garner P (April 2007). "Electronic mosquito repellents for preventing mosquito bites and malaria infection" (PDF). The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 18 (2) CD005434. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD005434.pub2. PMC 6532582. PMID 17443590.

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Momen FM, Amer SA, Refaat AM (2001). "Repellent and Oviposition-Deterring Activity of Rosemary and Sweet Marjoram on the Spider Mites Tetranychus urticae and Eutetranychus orientalis (Acari: Tetranychidae)" (PDF). Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica. 36 (1–2): 155–164. doi:10.1556/APhyt.36.2001.1-2.18. S2CID 85126848.

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Esposito, Michelle Marie; Turku, Sara; Lehrfield, Leora; Shoman, Ayat (2023-05-15). "The Impact of Human Activities on Zoonotic Infection Transmissions". Animals. 13 (10): 1646. doi:10.3390/ani13101646. ISSN 2076-2615. PMC 10215220. PMID 37238075.
Fradin MS, Day JF (July 2002). "Comparative efficacy of insect repellents against mosquito bites". The New England Journal of Medicine. 347 (1): 13–8. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa011699. PMID 12097535.
Rodriguez, Stacy D.; Drake, Lisa L.; Price, David P.; Hammond, John I.; Hansen, Immo A. (October 2015). "The Efficacy of Some Commercially Available Insect Repellents for Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)". Journal of Insect Science. 15 (1): 140. doi:10.1093/jisesa/iev125. PMC 4667684. PMID 26443777.
Cilek JE, Petersen JL, Hallmon CE (September 2004). "Comparative efficacy of IR3535 and deet as repellents against adult Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus". Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 20 (3): 299–304. PMID 15532931.
Sharma PE, Ansari MA, Razdan RK (31 August 1993). "Mosquito repellent action of neem (Azadirachta indica) oil". Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 9 (3): 359–360. PMID 8245950.
Almeida RM, Han BA, Reisinger AJ, Kagemann C, Rosi EJ (October 2018). "High mortality in aquatic predators of mosquito larvae caused by exposure to insect repellent". Biology Letters. 14 (10) 20180526. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2018.0526. PMC 6227861. PMID 30381452.
da Costa KS, Galúcio JM, da Costa CH, Santana AR, Dos Santos Carvalho V, do Nascimento LD, et al. (December 2019). "Exploring the Potentiality of Natural Products from Essential Oils as Inhibitors of Odorant-Binding Proteins: A Structure- and Ligand-Based Virtual Screening Approach To Find Novel Mosquito Repellents". ACS Omega. 4 (27): 22475–22486. doi:10.1021/acsomega.9b03157. PMC 6941369. PMID 31909330.
Oliferenko PV, Oliferenko AA, Poda GI, Osolodkin DI, Pillai GG, Bernier UR, et al. (2013-09-06). Oliveira PL (ed.). "Promising Aedes aegypti repellent chemotypes identified through integrated QSAR, virtual screening, synthesis, and bioassay". PLOS ONE. 8 (9) e64547. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...864547O. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064547. PMC 3765160. PMID 24039693.
Thireou T, Kythreoti G, Tsitsanou KE, Koussis K, Drakou CE, Kinnersley J, et al. (July 2018). "Identification of novel bioinspired synthetic mosquito repellents by combined ligand-based screening and OBP-structure-based molecular docking". Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 98: 48–61. Bibcode:2018IBMB...98...48T. doi:10.1016/j.ibmb.2018.05.001. PMID 29751047. S2CID 21670580.
Choi WS, Park BS, Ku SK, Lee SE (December 2002). "Repellent activities of essential oils and monoterpenes against Culex pipiens pallens". Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 18 (4): 348–51. PMID 12542193.
Jones AM, Klun JA, Cantrell CL, Ragone D, Chauhan KR, Brown PN, Murch SJ (April 2012). "Isolation and identification of mosquito (Aedes aegypti ) biting deterrent fatty acids from male inflorescences of breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg)". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 60 (15): 3867–73. Bibcode:2012JAFC...60.3867J. doi:10.1021/jf300101w. PMID 22420541.
Ansari MA, Razdan RK (September 1995). "Relative efficacy of various oils in repelling mosquitoes". Indian Journal of Malariology. 32 (3): 104–11. PMID 8936292.
Sharififard M, Alizadeh I, Jahanifard E, Wang C, Azemi ME (December 2018). "Cimex lectularius under Laboratory Conditions". Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases. 12 (4): 387–397. PMC 6423461. PMID 30918908.
Tuetun B, Choochote W, Pongpaibul Y, Junkum A, Kanjanapothi D, Chaithong U, et al. (February 2009). "Field evaluation of G10, a celery (Apium graveolens)-based topical repellent, against mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand". Parasitology Research. 104 (3): 515–21. doi:10.1007/s00436-008-1224-9. PMID 18853188. S2CID 7846747.
Bentley, Ronald (2008). "A fresh look at natural tropolonoids". Nat. Prod. Rep. 25 (1): 118–138. doi:10.1039/B711474E. PMID 18250899.
Pohlit, Adrian; Lopes, Norberto; Gama, Renata; Tadei, Wanderli; de Andrade Neto, Valter (April 2011). "Patent Literature on Mosquito Repellent Inventions which Contain Plant Essential Oils – A Review". Planta Medica. 77 (6): 598–617. Bibcode:2011PlMed..77..598P. doi:10.1055/s-0030-1270723. PMID 21328177.
Jaenson TG, Garboui S, Palsson K (July 2006). "Repellency of oils of lemon eucalyptus, geranium, and lavender and the mosquito repellent MyggA natural to Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) in the laboratory and field". Journal of Medical Entomology. 43 (4): 731–6. doi:10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[731:rooole]2.0.co;2 (inactive 10 July 2025). PMID 16892632. S2CID 27630770.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link)
Oyedele AO, Gbolade AA, Sosan MB, Adewoyin FB, Soyelu OL, Orafidiya OO (April 2002). "Formulation of an effective mosquito-repellent topical product from lemongrass oil". Phytomedicine. 9 (3): 259–62. doi:10.1078/0944-7113-00120. PMID 12046869.
Ives AR, Paskewitz SM (June 2005). "Testing vitamin B as a home remedy against mosquitoes". Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 21 (2): 213–7. doi:10.2987/8756-971X(2005)21[213:TVBAAH]2.0.CO;2. PMID 16033124. S2CID 12867745.
Khan AA, Maibach HI, Strauss WG, Fenley WR (2005). "Vitamin B1 is not a systemic mosquito repellent in man". Transactions of the St. John's Hospital Dermatological Society. 55 (1): 99–102. PMID 4389912.
Strauss WG, Maibach HI, Khan AA (May 1968). "Drugs and disease as mosquito repellents in man". The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 17 (3): 461–4. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1968.17.461. PMID 4385133.
Enayati AA, Hemingway J, Garner P (April 2007). "Electronic mosquito repellents for preventing mosquito bites and malaria infection" (PDF). The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 18 (2) CD005434. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD005434.pub2. PMC 6532582. PMID 17443590.

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Esposito, Michelle Marie; Turku, Sara; Lehrfield, Leora; Shoman, Ayat (2023-05-15). "The Impact of Human Activities on Zoonotic Infection Transmissions". Animals. 13 (10): 1646. doi:10.3390/ani13101646. ISSN 2076-2615. PMC 10215220. PMID 37238075.
Rodriguez, Stacy D.; Drake, Lisa L.; Price, David P.; Hammond, John I.; Hansen, Immo A. (October 2015). "The Efficacy of Some Commercially Available Insect Repellents for Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)". Journal of Insect Science. 15 (1): 140. doi:10.1093/jisesa/iev125. PMC 4667684. PMID 26443777.
Almeida RM, Han BA, Reisinger AJ, Kagemann C, Rosi EJ (October 2018). "High mortality in aquatic predators of mosquito larvae caused by exposure to insect repellent". Biology Letters. 14 (10) 20180526. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2018.0526. PMC 6227861. PMID 30381452.
da Costa KS, Galúcio JM, da Costa CH, Santana AR, Dos Santos Carvalho V, do Nascimento LD, et al. (December 2019). "Exploring the Potentiality of Natural Products from Essential Oils as Inhibitors of Odorant-Binding Proteins: A Structure- and Ligand-Based Virtual Screening Approach To Find Novel Mosquito Repellents". ACS Omega. 4 (27): 22475–22486. doi:10.1021/acsomega.9b03157. PMC 6941369. PMID 31909330.
Oliferenko PV, Oliferenko AA, Poda GI, Osolodkin DI, Pillai GG, Bernier UR, et al. (2013-09-06). Oliveira PL (ed.). "Promising Aedes aegypti repellent chemotypes identified through integrated QSAR, virtual screening, synthesis, and bioassay". PLOS ONE. 8 (9) e64547. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...864547O. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064547. PMC 3765160. PMID 24039693.
Sharififard M, Alizadeh I, Jahanifard E, Wang C, Azemi ME (December 2018). "Cimex lectularius under Laboratory Conditions". Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases. 12 (4): 387–397. PMC 6423461. PMID 30918908.
Enayati AA, Hemingway J, Garner P (April 2007). "Electronic mosquito repellents for preventing mosquito bites and malaria infection" (PDF). The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 18 (2) CD005434. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD005434.pub2. PMC 6532582. PMID 17443590.

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""Health Advisory: Tick and Insect Repellents", Information factsheet, Department of Health, New York State". Archived from the original on 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2011-01-05.

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"Repellentien und Insektizide: Erfolgreich gegen den Insektenangriff".

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