Spatial repellents: from discovery and development to evidence based validation

Achee, N.L.; Bangs, M.J.; Farlow, R.; Killeen, G.F.; Lindsay, S.W.; Logan, J.G.; Moore, S.J.; Rowland, M.; Sweeney, K.; Torr, S.J.; Zwiebel, L.J.; Grieco, J.P.

doi:10.1186/1475-2875-11-164

Spatial repellents: from discovery and development to evidence based validation

Achee, N.L.; Bangs, M.J.; Farlow, R.; Killeen, G.F.; Lindsay, S.W.; Logan, J.G.; Moore, S.J.; Rowland, M.; Sweeney, K.; Torr, S.J.; Zwiebel, L.J.; Grieco, J.P.

Authors

N.L. Achee

M.J. Bangs

R. Farlow

G.F. Killeen

Professor Steve Lindsay s.w.lindsay@durham.ac.uk
Professor

J.G. Logan

S.J. Moore

M. Rowland

K. Sweeney

S.J. Torr

L.J. Zwiebel

J.P. Grieco

Abstract

International public health workers are challenged by a burden of arthropod-borne disease that remains elevated despite best efforts in control programmes. With this challenge comes the opportunity to develop novel vector control paradigms to guide product development and programme implementation. The role of vector behaviour modification in disease control was first highlighted several decades ago but has received limited attention within the public health community. This paper presents current evidence highlighting the value of sub-lethal agents, specifically spatial repellents, and their use in global health, and identifies the primary challenges towards establishing a clearly defined and recommended role for spatial repellent products in disease control.

Citation

Achee, N., Bangs, M., Farlow, R., Killeen, G., Lindsay, S., Logan, J., …Grieco, J. (2012). Spatial repellents: from discovery and development to evidence based validation. Malaria Journal, 11, Article 164. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-11-164

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	May 14, 2012
Deposit Date	Jul 23, 2012
Publicly Available Date	Jun 24, 2014
Journal	Malaria Journal
Publisher	BioMed Central
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	11
Article Number	164
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-11-164
Keywords	Public health, Spatial repellents, Vector control, Vector behaviour modification.

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