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.

负责新南威卫生局虫媒毒项目的昆虫学家斯蒂芬·多格特赞成使用避蚊胺。该项目监控蚊子和它们自身携带的多。