[Malaria: what about exposure prophylaxis?].

Abstract

Malaria would not exist without mosquito bites. The growing resistance to antimalarial drugs has led to an increasing role of personal protection measures. However, insect repellents are not evaluated as medicinal products, and many products available on the market contain active substances that have been poorly evaluated or present in insufficient doses. The efficacy of the most active insect repellents, DEET and icaridin/KBR 3023, like that of medicinal products, is limited by the subject's compliance, bearing in mind that the Anopheles bite is painless and that humans are primarily bothered by the nuisance factor of the mosquito.

• Authors: Eric Lundwall, Cédric Pennetier, Vincent Corbel, Ludovic de Gentile, Fabrice Legros
• Journal: La Revue du praticien (Rev Prat) Vol. 55 Issue 8 Pg. 841-8 (Apr 30 2005) ISSN: 0035-2640 [Print] France
• Vernacular Title: Paludisme: où en est la prophylaxie d'exposition?
• PMID: 15999838 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article, Review)

Chemical References

• Insect Repellents

Topics

• Animals
• Anopheles
• Humans
• Insect Bites and Stings (prevention & control)
• Insect Repellents (therapeutic use)
• Malaria (prevention & control)
• Protective Clothing