Laboratory Tests of Arthropod Repellents Against Leptotrombidium deliense - Noninfected and Infected with Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - and Noninfected L. fletcheri (Acari: Trombiculidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 232-235

  Frances, S P ^a,b   Khlaimanee, Nittaya ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^b AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leptotrombidium deliense; Leptotrombidium fletcheri; Repellents; Rickettsia tsutsugamushi; Trombiculidae

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; LEPTOTROMBIDIUM; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RICKETTSIA; TROMBICULIDAE;

INSECT REPELLENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; TROMBICULIDAE;

ANIMALS; INSECT REPELLENTS; MICE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; TROMBICULIDAE;

EID: 0030099969     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.2.232     Document Type: Article

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