Efficacy testing of several Ixodes ricinus tick repellents: Different results with different assays

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 256-263

  Dautel, Hans ^a   Dippel, Cornelia ^a   Werkhausen, Anita ^a   Diller, Roland ^b  

^a IS Insect Services GmbH   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental Protection Agency; Ixodes ricinus; Repellent; Stiftung Warentest; Tick; Tick moving object bioassay

Indexed keywords

4 METHANE 3,8 DIOL; CITRONELLOL; DECANOIC ACID; ETHYL BUTHYL ACETYL AMINOPROPIONATE; GERANIOL; INSECT REPELLENT; PICARIDIN [2 (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 1 PIPERIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID 1 METHYLPROPYL ESTER]; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; MECHANICAL MOVING OBJECT BIOASSAY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; IXODES; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 84875234710     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.11.007     Document Type: Article

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