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SUBMITTER: Corbel V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2739159 | biostudies-literature | 2009
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Corbel Vincent V Stankiewicz Maria M Pennetier Cédric C Fournier Didier D Stojan Jure J Girard Emmanuelle E Dimitrov Mitko M Molgó Jordi J Hougard Jean-Marc JM Lapied Bruno B
BMC biology 20090805
<h4>Background</h4>N,N-Diethyl-3-methylbenzamide (deet) remains the gold standard for insect repellents. About 200 million people use it every year and over 8 billion doses have been applied over the past 50 years. Despite the widespread and increased interest in the use of deet in public health programmes, controversies remain concerning both the identification of its target sites at the olfactory system and its mechanism of toxicity in insects, mammals and humans. Here, we investigated the mol ...[more]