Tag: DEET

UF/IFAS Mosquito Expert: Literature Review Verifies Safety of Popular Repellent DEET, Counters Alarmist News Reports

by Tom Nordlie
August 6, 2019

As summer continues, many Florida residents find themselves targeted by mosquitoes, biting flies and ticks – and a University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences entomologist says that when people reach for repellents, their ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, NATURAL RESOURCES
Tags: Biting Flies, DEET, Emerging Pathogens Institute, Entomology And Nematology, Jeffrey Bloomquist, Mosquito, News, Ticks

UF/IFAS Entomologist Urges Precautions Against Mosquito-Borne Viruses

by Brad Buck
September 6, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A University of Florida entomologist urges Floridians to protect themselves against biting mosquitoes because of unusually high levels of mosquito-borne virus transmission to sentinel chickens, horses and humans so far ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: CDC, DEET, Eastern Equine Encaphalitis, Entomology, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Jonathan Day, Mosquitoes, Protective Clothing, Sentinel Chickens, Viruses, West Nile Virus

Mosquitoes aplenty this July Fourth bring disease concerns for North Florida

by BLOGS.IFAS
July 1, 2009

Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Recent weeks of heavy rain have left conditions statewide ripe for a Fourth of July rife with mosquitoes. ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Pests & Disease
Tags: Culex Nigripalpus, DEET, Eastern Equine Encaphalitis, EEE, Entomology And Nematology, Jonathan Day, Medical Entomology, Mosquitoes, Ochlerotatus Infirmatus, Picaridin, Roxanne Collelly, Virus

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