Pilot study assessing the effectiveness of factory-treated, long-lasting permethrin-impregnated clothing for the prevention of tick bites during occupational tick exposure in highly infested military training areas, Germany

Parasitology Research

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 671-678

  Faulde, Michael K ^a,b   Rutenfranz, Martin ^c   Keth, Alexander ^c   Hepke, Jürgen ^d   Rogge, Mareike ^d   Görner, Andreas ^d  

^a BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c Regional Medical Command II ^*  (Germany)

^d Department of Occupational Health Bundeswehr Medical Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Occupational tick exposure; Permethrin impregnated clothing; Polymer coating impregnation technique; Pyrethroids; Tick bite prevention

Indexed keywords

PERMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; IXODES RICINUS; LEAF LITTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TICK BITE; TICK INFESTATION; TRAINING; ANIMAL; BORRELIA; CLOTHING; DRUG EFFECTS; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; SOLDIER; TICK; TICK BITES; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA; CLOTHING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECTICIDES; IXODES; LARVA; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NYMPH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERMETHRIN; PILOT PROJECTS; TICK BITES; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 84922103599     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-4232-y     Document Type: Article

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