METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INHIBITING THE HUMAN SCENT TRACKING ABILITY OF MOSQUITOES IN ENVIRONMENTALLY DEFINED THREE DIMENSIONAL SPACES

摘要

THE ABILITY OF MOSQUITOES TO LOCATE A TARGET BY OLFACTORY EMISSIONS OF THE TARGET IS INHIBITED BY DISPENSING INTO A SPATIAL AREA AN INHIBITING EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF AT LEAST ONE INHIBITING COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF 3-METHYL-1-ALKENE-3-OLS OF THE FORMULA: AND 3-METHYL-1-ALKYN-3-OLS OF THE FORMULA: WHEREIN R1 AND R2 ARE EACH INDEPENDENTLY A SATURATED OR UNSATURATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON GROUP CONTAINING FROM 1 TO ABOUT 12 CARBON ATOMS.