Spatial repellents: from discovery and development to evidence-based validation

Nicole L. Achee; Michael J. Bangs; Robert Farlow; Gerry F. Killeen; Steve Lindsay; James G. Logan; Sarah J. Moore; Mark Rowland; Kevin Sweeney; Stephen Torr; Laurence J. Zwiebel; John P. Grieco

doi:10.1186/1475-2875-11-164

Spatial repellents: from discovery and development to evidence-based validation

Nicole L. Achee
, Michael J. Bangs
, Robert Farlow
, Gerry F. Killeen
, Steve Lindsay
, James G. Logan
, Sarah J. Moore
, Mark Rowland
, Kevin Sweeney
, Stephen Torr
, Laurence J. Zwiebel
, John P. Grieco

Vector Biology

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Public Health and Malaria Control Department, Papua
R Farlow Consulting LLC
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
United States Environmental Protection Agency
University of Greenwich
Vanderbilt University

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	164
Pages (from-to)	e164
Journal	Malaria Journal
Volume	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-11-164
Publication status	Published - 14 May 2012

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Public health
Spatial repellents
Vector behaviour modification
Vector control

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