Length of tick repellency depends on formulation of the repellent compound (icaridin = Saltidin®): tests on Ixodes persulcatus and Ixodes ricinus placed on hands and clothes

Parasitology Research

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3041-3045

  Abdel Ghaffar, Fathy ^a   Al Quraishy, Saleh ^b   Mehlhorn, Heinz ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Effects of formulation; Icaridin; KBR 3023; Saltidin ; Tick repellents

Indexed keywords

ICARIDIN; INSECT REPELLENT; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EASTERN EUROPEAN; FEMALE; HAIR; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK INFESTATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; IXODES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; IXODES; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

ANIMALS; CLOTHING; DOGS; HAIR; HAND; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; IXODES; PIPERIDINES;

EID: 84938987582     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4506-z     Document Type: Article

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