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2. Permethrin - Wikipedia

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   Permethrin is a medication and an insecticide. [4] [5] As a medication, it is used to treat scabies and lice. [6]It is applied to the skin as a cream or lotion. [4] As an insecticide, it can be sprayed onto outer clothing or mosquito nets to kill the insects that touch them.

3. Mosquito coil - Wikipedia

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   Mosquito coil Mosquito coil. A mosquito coil is a mosquito-repelling incense, usually made into a spiral, and typically made using dried paste of pyrethrum powder. The coil is usually held at the center of the spiral, suspending it in the air, or wedged by two pieces of fireproof netting to allow continuous smoldering.

4. Anthranilate-based insect repellents - Wikipedia

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   Anthranilate-based insect repellents include methyl anthranilate, N,N-dimethylanthranilic acid (DMA), ethyl anthranilate (EA), and butyl anthranilate (BA). Chemically, they are esters of anthranilic acid .

5. Metofluthrin - Wikipedia

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   Metofluthrin is a pyrethroid used as an insect repellent. [1] The vapors of metofluthrin are highly effective and capable of repelling up to 97% of mosquitoes in field tests. [2] Metofluthrin is used in a variety of consumer products, called emanators, for indoor and outdoor use. [3] [4] These products produce a vapor that protects an ...

6. Insect Shield - Wikipedia

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   Insect Shield is a brand of insect repellent used on clothes. It contains permethrin, which is similar to bug-repellent, and registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). [1] The product has been used to protect against ticks carrying Lyme Disease. [2]

7. Aerogard - Wikipedia

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   An insect repellent developed by Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)'s Doug Waterhouse made the 1963 visit of Elizabeth II to Australia more pleasant. Although the Queen was meant to be sprayed with the repellent at a garden party held at Government House in Canberra, the aide responsible lost his nerve.