Short report: Study on the efficacy of a new long-acting formulation of N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET) for the prevention of tick attachment

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 169-172

  Salafsky, B ^a   He, Yi Xun ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Shibuya, Takeshi ^b   Ramaswamy, Kalyanasundaram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; INSECT REPELLENT; LIPOSOME;

AMBLYOMMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; INSECT BITE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN PROTECTION; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0034057723     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2000.62.169     Document Type: Article

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