Ability of 4-poster passive topical treatment devices for deer to sustain low population levels of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) after integrated tick management in a residential landscape

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 899-904

  Schulze, L ^a,b   Jordan, Robert A ^a,c   Dolan, Marc C ^d   Dietrich, Gabrielle ^d   Healy, Sean P ^e   Piesman, Joseph ^d  

^a Freehold Area Health Department   (United States)

^b Terry L Schulze PhD Inc   (United States)

^c Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ^*  (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

4 poster; Control; Ixodes scapularis

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEER; DRUG EFFECT; INFESTATION; INSECT CONTROL; IXODES; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; DEER; INSECTICIDES; IXODES; POPULATION DENSITY; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; CERVIDAE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 52749090374     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[899:AOPPTT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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