Insecticides clothing impregnating

A recent study in Ethiopia found the most effective attractant for tsetse flies was acetone, octenol, and cow urine (Belete etal, 2004). An American company markets Mosquito Magnet, a device that purportedly attracts mosquitoes with l-octen-3-ol, heat, carbon dioxide, and water vapor (Enserink, 2002). Simpler traps are being used in East Africa. A black-and-blue cloth, impregnated with insecticide, attracts mosquitoes with acetone and octenol, or alternatively, buffalo urine (Enserink, 2002). 

In addition to new P compounds introduced via foods, cosmetics, drugs and insecticides, there are many other contacts about which is little known. For example, contacts with chemically impregnated clothes, and roadside dusts, all of which contain some P (even if in very low concentrations). 

The use of insect repellents is part of an integrated approach to prevent bites from nuisance and vector mosquitoes and other biting arthropods. This chapter reviews some of the strategies that have been used for personal protection against vectors, especially mosquitoes and discusses basic engineering, repellents in combination with impregnated clothing, insecticide-treated nets, and chemical barriers to insect vectors. 

Insecticide-impregnated fabrics or clothing, such as permethrin-treated clothes, bed nets, and curtains. 

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