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THE EFFECT OF AMBIENT HUMIDITY ON THE REPELLENCY OF ETHYLHEXANEDIOL (‘6-12’) TO AEDES AEGYPTI

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Peter Wm. Wood
Peter Wm. Wood
Affiliation:
British Columbia Research Council, Vancouver
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Abstract

Laboratory olfactometer experiments made at constant ambient temperature (29°C) demonstrated that the protection afforded mammalian hosts by 2-ethyl hexanediol-1,3 (’6–12’) against Aedes aegypti L. was greater at high (82%) than at low (35%) ambient relative humidity. The physical and physiological implications are discussed.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 100 , Issue 12 , December 1968 , pp. 1331 - 1334
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1968

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