Use of Mosquito repellent at Asansol, India

Most emerging infectious diseases today are arthropod-borne and cannot be prevented by vaccinations. Mosquitoes are among the most disturbing blood sucking insects afflicting human beings. Mosquitoes act as a vector for most of the life threatening diseases like malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever, chikungunya fever, filariasis ,encephalitis, Mosquitoes alone transmit diseases to more than 700 million people and over one million deaths are reported annually across the globe. Therefore, the control of mosquitoes is an important public health concern around the world. One of the approaches for control of these mosquito borne diseases is the interruption of disease transmission by either killing the mosquitoes or preventing them from biting individuals by applying various types’ synthetic or Natural chemical repellents. This term paper presents information on insect repellent and its history, discovery of lab based repellent, why use insect repellent, mosquito repellent, mosquitoes available in INDIA and their pathogenicity, situation in WEST BENGAL, classification of mosquito repellent, synthetic, physical, mechanical & biological control method, advantages and disadvantage of chemical repellents ,types of mosquito repellent in market, choosing of repellent, mode of action, role of repellent in disease prevention, natural insect repellent plants, current research in this field, health hazard by the chemical repellents, homemade repellents, alternative measures to combat mosquito, malaria control activities in INDIA, condition in Paschim Bardhhaman, Asansol.