Control of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) with topical self-application of permethrin by white-tailed deer inhabiting NASA, Beltsville, Maryland

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 117-134

  Solberg, V B ^a   Miller, J A ^b   Hadfield, T ^c   Burge, R ^a   Schech, J M ^d   Pound, J M ^b  

^a WRAIR   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

'4 poster'; Deer ectoparasites; Deer ticks; Lyme disease; Tick control

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CERVIDAE; INSECTA; IXODES; IXODES DAMMINI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; NASA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEER; HUMAN; INFESTATION; IXODES; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEER; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; IXODES; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MARYLAND; PERMETHRIN; TICK INFESTATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0043209571     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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