The effectiveness of permethrin-treated deer stations for control of the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis on Cape Cod and the islands: A five-year experiment

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Grear, Jason S ^a   Koethe, Robert ^b   Hoskins, Bart ^b   Hillger, Robert ^b   Dapsis, Larry ^c   Pongsiri, Montira ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8   (United States)

^c Water Resources Office   (United States)

Author keywords

4 poster; Blacklegged tick; Borrelia burgdorferi; Feeding station; Host targeted control; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Odocoileus virginianus; Permethrin; Tick; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

PERMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INCIDENCE; INSECT CONTROL; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; WHITE TAILED DEER; ANIMAL; DEER; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IXODES; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TICK INFESTATIONS; TIME; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CERVIDAE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; ZEA MAYS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DEER; INSECTICIDES; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MASSACHUSETTS; PERMETHRIN; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84902924773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-292     Document Type: Article

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