Mosquito-borne diseases still remain one of the major public health concerns in Africa, including Madagascar. The development of new repellents has taken an important place for personal protection against mosquito bites to limit the spread of related diseases such as malaria, dengue, chikungunya and zika. However, one of the difficulties of this approach is based on the variability of human attractiveness to mosquitoes due to several factors that cause the bite frequency for each individual to be different. The objective of this article is thus to study the influences of human age and sex on the repellent activity against Aedes albopictus. Tests on volunteers inspired by the WHO protocol were conducted. Men and women of different ages from Antananarivo were selected for the experiment and Citriodiol® was used as repellent. Percentage (PI) and duration of protection were measured. We found that age influence repellent activity against Aedes albopictus. At the same quantity of compound, seniors are less protected than young volunteers (PI=61% and PI=74%, respectively). Young women show high protection with citriodiol compared to old men and women with PI about 79%. These results could be of interest in the development of an ideal repellent to limit host-vector contact and reduce the transmission of associated diseases.
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Aedes Albopictus, Age, Arboviruses, Sex, Tests on Volunteers, Repellent
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Ramarosandratana, N. H., Ralimanana, S. V., Ranarijaona, M. M., Métay, E., Ramanandraibe, V., et al. (2023). Human Age and Sex Influences on the Repellent Activity of PMD Towards Aedes Albopictus. American Journal of Entomology, 7(2), 62-69. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.aje.20230702.13
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Ramarosandratana, N. H.; Ralimanana, S. V.; Ranarijaona, M. M.; Métay, E.; Ramanandraibe, V., et al. Human Age and Sex Influences on the Repellent Activity of PMD Towards Aedes Albopictus. Am. J. Entomol. 2023, 7(2), 62-69. doi: 10.11648/j.aje.20230702.13
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Laboratoire International Associé, Faculté des Sciences, Université d’Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar; Département d’Entomologie Médicale, Faculté des sciences, Université d’Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar
Laboratoire International Associé, Faculté des Sciences, Université d’Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar; Institut de Chimie et de Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires (ICBMS), Université de Claude Bernard Lyon 1/Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Villeurbanne, France
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