Ribas Jonas, Carreño Ana Maria
Universidade Federal do Amazonas, AM, Brasil.
An Bras Dermatol. 2010 Jan-Feb;85(1):33-8. doi: 10.1590/s0365-05962010000100004.
In Brazil, diseases caused by insect bites are frequent. Therefore, it is extremely important that prophylatic measures are adequately carried out, especially in endemic areas such as the Amazon which receives a great number of visitors, for both business and tourism purposes..
To evaluate the use of insect repellents available in the market by military personnel who often go in missions in the middle of the jungle, in the Amazon region.
Fifty - one militaries in the Amazon region were selected and they answered a questionnaire in June/2008.
63,7% of the militaries used products that contained Deet in the maximum concentration of only 15% that has minimum repellent action; 36% reported to combine these products with sun protective products which increased the risk of intoxication; 36,4% used a natural repellent during their missions; two of the militaries participants used vitamin B and considered their repellent action ineffective.
The repellents that contain Deet and which were used by the group present concentrations that are lower than the concentrations considered safe for using in the jungle. It was frequent the combination of Deet with sun protective products ,which is a potentially toxic association. Natural repellents that have "andiroba" and" copaíba" as components presented a higher perception of protection from the participants.
在巴西，昆虫叮咬引起的疾病很常见。因此，采取充分的预防措施极为重要，尤其是在像亚马逊这样有大量商务和旅游访客的流行地区。
评估亚马逊地区经常在丛林中执行任务的军事人员对市场上现有驱虫剂的使用情况。
选取了亚马逊地区的51名军人，他们于2008年6月回答了一份问卷。
63.7%的军人使用了避蚊胺含量最高仅为15%的产品，而该浓度的驱蚊作用最小；36%的人报告将这些产品与防晒产品混合使用，这增加了中毒风险；36.4%的人在执行任务期间使用天然驱虫剂；两名参与的军人使用了维生素B，但认为其驱蚊效果不佳。
该群体使用的含避蚊胺驱虫剂的浓度低于在丛林中使用被认为安全的浓度。避蚊胺与防晒产品混合使用的情况很常见，这是一种潜在的有毒组合。含有“巴西香脂树”和“苦配巴香脂”成分的天然驱虫剂让参与者有更高的防护感。
