A double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial of garlic as a mosquito repellant: a preliminary study

Rajan, T.V.; Hein, M.; Porte, P.; Wikel, S.

A double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial of garlic as a mosquito repellant: a preliminary study

2005

Rajan, T.V. | Hein, M. | Porte, P. | Wikel, S.

The hypothesis that the ingestion of garlic provides protection against bloodsucking pests such as mosquitoes was investigated using a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled crossover study. Subjects were asked to consume either garlic (one visit) or a placebo (the other visit). They were then exposed to laboratory-reared Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) (Diptera: Culicidae). The numbers of mosquitoes that did not feed on the subjects, the number of mosquito bites, the weights of the mosquitoes after feeding and the amounts of blood ingested were determined. The data did not provide evidence of significant systemic mosquito repellence. A limitation of the study is that more prolonged ingestion of garlic may be needed to accomplish repellence.

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Mots clés AGROVOC

aedes aedes aegypti animals garlic garlic health humans humans oral administration pharmacology research methods

Informations bibliographiques

Publié dans

Medical and veterinary entomology

Volume 19 Numéro 1 Pagination 84 - 89 ISSN 0269-283X

Editeur

Springer Netherlands

D'autres materias

Drug effects; Feeding behavior; Human medicine; And safety; Mosquito control; Systemic repellency; Insect repellents; Insect repellents; Double-blind method; Biting rates; Pests of animals (insects and other arthropods); Cross-over studies

Langue

anglais

Type

Journal Article; Text

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DOI DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0269-283X.2005.00544.x

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