Comparative efficacy of BioUD to other commercially available arthropod repellents against the ticks Amblyomma americanum and Dermacentor variabilis on cotton cloth

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 685-690

  Bissinger, Brooke W ^b   Zhu, Jiwei ^b   Apperson, Charles S ^b   Sonenshine, Daniel E ^c   Watson, D Wesley ^b   Roe, R Michael ^a,b  

^a Campus Box 7647 ^*  (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (N BUTYL N ACETYL)AMINOPROPIONIC ACID; BIOUD; EUCALYPTUS EXTRACT; INSECT REPELLENT; IR 3535; PARA TOLUIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE; PERMETHRIN; PICARIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBLYOMMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; EUCALYPTUS; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TICK;

ANIMALS; COTTON FIBER; INSECT REPELLENTS; IXODIDAE; TEXTILES; TIME FACTORS;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ARTHROPODA; CITRUS LIMON; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; EUCALYPTUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; IXODIDA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 70349737944     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.09-0114     Document Type: Article

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