The actual research article is at:
http://www.plosone.org/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0000716
For those who don't have access to Nature, a news summary is at:
http://www.scidev.net/content/news/eng/ddt-repels-rather-than-kills-mosquitoes.cfm
Cheers,
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Ashwani
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At 11:21 AM -0400 9/2/07, Brian Todd wrote:
>http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070827/full/nm0907-1002b.html
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "joseph gathman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 1:32 AM
>Subject: Re: DDT question
>
>>>Paul Cherubini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>>c) DDT mostly repels rather than kills mosquitoes
>>>from treated homes, hence acquired resistance is not
>>>a big problem either.
>>
>>Paul, can you cite evidence that DDT on walls repels
>>mosquitoes and that mosquitoes can't acquire
>>resistance to the repellent effect? Maybe it's true.
>>Maybe it deserves credible scientific research. But
>>if it's not true, the whole exercise would be
>>pointless. But somebody would make plenty of money on
>>it.
>>
>>Joe
>>
>>
>>
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