Frances Stephen P, Auliff Alyson M, Edstein Michael D, Cooper Robert D
Australian Army Malaria Institute, Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera, Queensland, 4051, Australia.
Mil Med. 2003 Mar;168(3):227-30.
A questionnaire was completed by 955 Australian Defense Force soldiers from two battalion groups to determine their usage of mosquito repellents and bed nets during peacekeeping duties in East Timor. The survey showed that most soldiers (84%) used repellents, but only 19% used them daily. The soldiers used a number of repellent formulations; however, few soldiers used the Australian Defense Force deet (diethyl methylbenzamide) formulation containing 35% deet in a gel. Most soldiers preferred several commercial formulations, which contained 7 to 80% deet. The occurrence of mosquito-borne disease in soldiers was not affected by repellent usage, as the use of repellents was comparable between infected and noninfected individuals. The overall frequency of bed net usage differed in the two battalion groups. The occurrence of malaria in soldiers from one battalion group who did not sleep under a bed net every night of their deployment was significantly (p = 0.007) higher than those who did.
来自两个营级单位的955名澳大利亚国防军士兵填写了一份调查问卷，以确定他们在东帝汶执行维和任务期间使用驱蚊剂和蚊帐的情况。调查显示，大多数士兵（84%）使用驱蚊剂，但只有19%的士兵每天使用。士兵们使用了多种驱蚊剂配方；然而，很少有士兵使用澳大利亚国防军含35%避蚊胺的凝胶配方。大多数士兵更喜欢几种商业配方，这些配方含有7%至80%的避蚊胺。士兵中蚊媒疾病的发生情况不受驱蚊剂使用的影响，因为感染和未感染个体之间的驱蚊剂使用情况相当。两个营级单位的蚊帐总体使用频率有所不同。在部署期间并非每晚都睡在蚊帐下的一个营级单位的士兵中，疟疾的发生率显著高于每晚睡在蚊帐下的士兵（p = 0.007）。
