Contact Toxicity of Permethrin-Impregnated Fabric to Hyalomma anatolicum excavatum (Acari: Ixodidae): Effects of Laundering and Exposure and Recovery Times

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 335-339

  Fryauff, David J ^a   Shoukry, Mona A ^a,b   Wassef, Hilda Y ^a   Gray, Greg ^a,c   Schreck, Carl E ^a,d  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact toxicity; Hyalomma anatolicum excavatum; Permethrin

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CAMELIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HYALOMMA ANATOLICUM; HYALOMMA DROMEDARII; IXODIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAMEL; DRUG EFFECT; EGYPT; FEMALE; INFESTATION; LAUNDRY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEXTILE; TICK; TIME; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAMELS; EGYPT; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; LAUNDERING; MALE; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHRINS; SEX FACTORS; TEXTILES; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 0032062325     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.3.335     Document Type: Article

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