Insecticide-treated clothes for the control of vector-borne diseases : a review on effectiveness and safety

• Main Authors: Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Banks, S. D., Murray, N., Logan, J. G.
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Medicine
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101900; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19824
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Insecticide-treated clothing has been used for many years by the military and in recreational activities as personal protection against bites from a variety of arthropods including ticks, chigger mites, sandflies and mosquitoes. Permethrin is the most commonly used active ingredient, but others, inc...