Repellent activity of DEET against Amblyomma cajennense (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs submitted to different laboratory bioassays;Atividade repelente do DEET contra ninfas de Amblyomma cajennense (Acari: Ixodidae) em bioensaio laboratorial

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-17

  Soares, Sara Fernandes ^a   Braga, Raquel de Sousa ^a   Ferreira, Lorena Lopes ^a   Louly, Carla Cristina Braz ^a   de Sousa, Lorena Alessandra Dias ^a   da Silva, Andrea Caetano ^b   Borges, Lígia Miranda Ferreira ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b ginástica de academia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma cajennense; DEET; Fingertip bioassay; Repellency time

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; INSECT REPELLENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NYMPH; TICK;

ANIMALS; DEET; INSECT REPELLENTS; IXODIDAE; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; NYMPH;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 77953467596     PISSN: 0103846X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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