Fumigant and repellent properties of essential oils and component compounds against permethrin-resistant Pediculus humanus capitis (Anoplura: Pediculidae) from Argentina

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 889-895

  Toloza, Ariel Ceferino ^a   Zygadlo, Julio ^b   Mougabure Cueto, Gastón ^a   Biurrun, Fernando ^c   Zerba, Eduardo ^a,d   Picollo, María Inés ^a  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas de Las Fuerzas Armadas   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Nacional de La Rioja   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentinean plants; Essential oils; Fumigants; Head lice; Repellents

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; INSECT REPELLENT; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MENTHA PULEGIUM; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; STANDARD; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHILD; FUMIGATION; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LICE INFESTATIONS; MENTHA PULEGIUM; OILS, VOLATILE; PEDICULUS; PLANT OILS; VOLATILIZATION;

ANOPLURA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CINEREA; EUCALYPTUS SALIGNA; EUCALYPTUS VIMINALIS; MENTHA PULEGIUM; MYRCIANTHES CISPLATENSIS; MYRTACEAE; PEDICULIDAE; PEDICULUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS CAPITIS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 33750940951     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[889:FARPOE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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