In vitro assays for repellents and deterrents for ticks: Differing effects of products when tested with attractant or arrestment stimuli

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 370-378

  McMahon, C ^a   Krober T ^a   Guerin, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amblyomma variegatum; Attraction; Butopyronoxyl; Deet; Deterrent; Ethyl butylacetylaminopropionate; Indalone; Ixodes ricinus; Ixodidae; N,N diethyl methyl benzamide; Permethrin; Repellent; Tick

Indexed keywords

BETA ALANINE; BUTOPYRONOXYL; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; INSECT REPELLENT; INSECT REPELLENT M 3535; PERMETHRIN; PHEROMONE; PYRAN DERIVATIVE;

AGGREGATION PHEROMONE; REPELLENT; SENSORY SYSTEM; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TICK;

ANIMALS; BETA-ALANINE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DEET; FEMALE; INSECT REPELLENTS; IXODIDAE; MALE; ODORS; PERMETHRIN; PHEROMONES; PYRANS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; TICK CONTROL;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; ANIMALIA; INSECTA; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE;

EID: 1842582813     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2003.00453.x     Document Type: Article

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