Insect Bite Prevention

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 655-673

  Moore, Sarah J ^a,b   Mordue Luntz, Anne Jennifer ^c   Logan, James G ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease endemic countries; Insect bites; Protection

Indexed keywords

3 (N BUTYL N ACETYL)AMINOPROPIONIC ACID; ALLETHRIN; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; ICARIDIN; INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE; METOFLUTHRIN; PERMETHRIN; TRANSFLUTHRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEROSOL; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; AIR CONDITIONING; ANOPHELES; BED NET; BORRELIA INFECTION; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CULEX; DEER FLY; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMPORIATRICS; FLEA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSECT; INSECT BITE; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE VECTOR; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PLAGUE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PSYCHODIDAE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RICKETTSIOSIS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SCRUB TYPHUS; SIMULIIDAE; TICK; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TRAVEL; TRIATOMA; TROMBICULIDAE; TSETSE FLY; WEST NILE FEVER; YELLOW FEVER;

BEDDING AND LINENS; CLOTHING; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84865992469     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: 15579824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2012.07.002     Document Type: Review

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