Tick repellents for human use: Prevention of tick bites and tick-borne diseases

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 85-93

  Pages, Frédéric ^a   Dautel, Hans ^b   Duvallet, Gérard ^c   Kahl, Olaf ^b   De Gentile, Ludovic ^d   Boulanger, Nathalie ^e  

^a Cire OI ^*  (France)

^b Tick radar Gmbh   (Germany)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

IR3535; N N diethyl meta toluamide (DEET); paramenthanediol; Permethrin; Picaridin (KBR 3023); Plant derived molecules; Repellents; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDES; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DEET; HUMANS; OILS, VOLATILE; PERMETHRIN; PIPERIDINES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROPIONATES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TICK BITES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

EID: 84894109755     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1410     Document Type: Review

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