Muhammad Ashraf, Wahidur Rehman.
Effectiveness of mosquito repllent are containing deet and permetrin; as personal protection against outdoor mosquitoes in Paksitan.
Professional Med J Jan ;8(4):449-52.

The mosquito repellent Bar containing 20% by wt. Deet and 0.5% by wt. Med permethrin was applied to exposed parts of the body i.e. hands, forearms, neck and face of 6 volunteers as personal protection against outdoor human mosquitoes in two locations, National Ayub Park Rawalpindi and CDA Nursery Islamabad, Pakistan on two consecutive days. The predominant mosquito genera collected from these locations were culex and Aedes. Volunteers applied mosquito repellent bar at 1315 hours (6 hours earlier) and tests were initiated at 1915 hours (15 minutes before sunset). 100% protection provided by the Repellent in treated group against biting mosquitoes and residual effect upto 8 hours indicated good protection against these species. None of the individuals subjected to the test showed any discomfort attributable to the repellent.

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