%0 Journal Article %A HUANG Bin-bin %A JIAN Fu-chun %A JIAN Yi-chen %A LU Chen-yang %A NING Chang-shen %A NING Xiao-dong %A YUE Zhi-guang %A ZHANG Kai-hui %A ZHANG Wen-ju %A ZHAO Cong %T Development and preliminary application of a device for arthropod in vitro repellent test %D 2022 %R 10.11853/j.issn.1003.8280.2022.04.024 %J Chinese Journal of Vector Biology and Control %P 573-579 %V 33 %N 4 %X Objective To develop an in vitro arthropod repellent test device for the study of repellents against hard ticks. Methods The in vitro repellent devices for adult ticks and larval ticks were prepared by the wood strip method and filter paper method, respectively, and the repellent effects of the self-made repellent test device (SM device) were compared with those of the hard tick repellent test devices reported in the literature. The repellent rates of different repellent devices on hard ticks and the proportion of hard ticks in ineffective areas were subject to a difference analysis by the Kruskal Wallis H test of SPSS 18.0 software. Results In the test of wood strip repellent devices, the repellent rate of the SM device (test group) was (97.44±2.56)%, while that of the device in the literature was (87.67±6.23)%, with no statistically significant difference (F=2.105, P=0.220); the proportions of hard ticks in ineffective areas of the SM device were (4.45±2.22)% (test group) and (2.22±2.22)% (control group), which were less than (53.33±3.85)% (test group) and (60.00±3.85)% (control group) of the device in the literature, with statistically significant differences (test group:F=121.004,P<0.001; control group:F=168.825, P=0.001). In the test of filter paper repellent devices, the repellent rate of the SM device (test group) was (100.00±0.00)%, while that of the device in the literature was (95.83±4.17)%, with no statistically significant difference (F=1.000, P=0.374); the proportions of hard ticks in ineffective areas of the SM device were (0.00±0.00)% both in the test group and the control group, which were less than (41.67±7.26)% (test group) and (35.00±5.77)% (control group) of the device in the literature, with statistically significant differences (test group:F=32.895,P=0.005; control group:F=36.750, P=0.004). Conclusion The developed hard tick repellent test device has simple structure and is convenient, and leads to more credible experimental results. It provides a technical means for the research and development, effect determination, and drug screening of arthropod repellents. %U http://www.bmsw.net.cn/EN/10.11853/j.issn.1003.8280.2022.04.024