Kite patch are promoted as repellents rendering you "virtually invisible to mosquitoes". They are based on the results of basic studies on mosquito olfaction suggesting that chemoreception can be blocked by particular chemicals. A crown-founded campaign is financing field tests in Uganda.
No, I haven't heard about it. In fact, it would be very interesting to know whether this approaches render good results, as every single tool to control mosquito-human contacts is really needed in Africa and many other regions.
Hi Claudio,
yes, intersting question, indeed. The field tests were supposedly carried out summer 2014 in Uganda, if iIam not mistaken.You could contact them http://www.kitepatch.com/
and post the results of your research then here!?
There are quite many people waiting for the outcome, I fathom,
best,
Sibylle
Dear Claudio (and Marcelo - both of you haven't changed at all, BTW!),
their facebook (https://www.facebook.com/kitepatch?fref=ts) and Indiegogo-page (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/kite-patch#/updates) say that they performed what they call phase 1 in Uganda in April & May 2015. They are not going into what exactly they tested and how they did it, but it seems they also looked at possible attractive properties. Judging from their patent application (http://www.google.com/patents/WO2014028835A2?cl=en), these are probaly CO2-mimics.
I hope you are well, best wishes,
Andreas
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