Tips to keep mosquitoes from bugging you this summer

AH

>>> IT IS GOING TO FEEL LIKE

SUMMER REAL SOON.

JUST LIKE MANY OF US, THE

NUMBER ONE PEST OF THE SUMMER

IS ALSO OUT AND ABOUT.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT

MOSQUITOES.

LUCKILY, THERE ARE WAYS TO

REPEL THE BLOODSUCKERS TO KEEP

YOUR FAMILY WHICH FREE.

THAT IS THE GOAL.

TODAY WE ARE JOINED BY A DUKE

UNIVERSITY DOCTOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING

US TODAY, DOCTOR.

WE WERE JUST TALKING DURING THE

COMMERCIAL BREAK THAT YOU ARE

DOING EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON A

PARTICULAR EXTRACT AND HOW IT

WORKS, AS FAR AS REPELLING

MOSQUITOES.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING

ME.

OUR PAPER WAS PUBLISHED LAST

WEEK.

WE STUDIED ONE PARTICULAR TYPE

OF MOSQUITO REPELLENT CALLED

PYRETHRUM.

THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT

VARIETIES OF MOSQUITO REPELLENT

THAT PEOPLE CAN FIND INFORMATION

AT THE CDC AND EPA WEBSITE. YOU

JUST TYPE IN INSECT REPELLENT.

THE ONE WE STUDIED IS REALLY A

PLANT EXTRACT FROM DRIED

FLOWERS OF CHRYSANTHEMUM

SPECIES.

IT IS A NATURAL PRODUCT.

>> A CHRYSANTHEMUM EXTRACT .

HOW WELL DID IT WORK?

>> IT WORKS REALLY WELL.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY ANCIENT

PRODUCT.

IT CAN BE USED AND HAS BEEN

USED FOR CENTURIES.

WE HAVE BEEN USING THAT FOR

CENTURIES.

IT WORKS WELL.

NOBODY KNOWS THE MECHANISM OF

HOW THIS REPELLENT WORKS.

WE STARTED THIS STUDY A COUPLE

YEARS AGO.

OUR STUDY WAS FUNDED BY THE

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH TO

UNDERSTAND HOW PYRETHRUM REPELS

MOSQUITOES.

>> YOU ARE FINDING IT IS

EFFECTIVE?

HOW DO YOU GET THIS

CHRYSANTHEMUM EXTRACT?

IS IT IN A SPRAY FORM?

>> IT IS VERY COMMON.

YOU CAN PURCHASE IT ON AMAZON.

THIS IS A VERY COMMON PRODUCT.

MANY AREAS OF THE WORLD

ACTUALLY USE LARGE QUANTITIES.

BASICALLY, THERE ARE CERTAIN

SPECIES, CERTAIN VARIETIES, YOU

KNOW, THEY ARE REALLY

CONCENTRATED IN THIS REPELLENT.