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.

负责新南威生局虫媒病毒项目的昆虫学家斯蒂·多格特赞成使用避胺。该项目监控它们自身携带的多种疾病。