Entomologist Stephen Doggett, who runs the NSW Health arbovirus program which monitors mosquitoes and the diseases they carry is firmly in the DEET (diethyl toluamide) camp.

负责新南威尔士卫生病毒的昆学家斯蒂·多格特赞成使用避蚊胺。该控蚊子和它们自身携带的多种疾病。