Laboratory and field tests of the effectiveness of the lemon-eucalyptus extract, Citriodiol, as a repellent against land leeches of the genus Haemadipsa (Haemadipsidae)

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 695-714

  Kirton, L G ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; CITRIDIOL; CITRIODIOL; EUCALYPTUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYMBIA CITRIODORA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; HAEMADIPSA SYLVESTRIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LEECH; MORTALITY; MYRTACEAE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANT LEAF;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LEECHES; MYRTACEAE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SHOES;

CITRUS LIMON; CORYMBIA CITRIODORA; EUCALYPTUS; HAEMADIPSA; HAEMADIPSA PICTA; HAEMADIPSA SYLVESTRIS; HAEMADIPSIDAE; HIRUDINIDA; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 27144503375     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485905X51517     Document Type: Article

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