Effectiveness of Residential Acaricides to Prevent Lyme and Other Tick-borne Diseases in Humans

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 182-188

  Hinckley, Alison F ^a   Meek, James I ^b   Ray, Julie A E ^b   Niesobecki, Sara A ^b   Connally, Neeta P ^c   Feldman, Katherine A ^d   Jones, Erin H ^d   Backenson, P Bryon ^e   White, Jennifer L ^e   Lukacik, Gary ^e   Kay, Ashley B ^a   Miranda, Wilson P ^e   Mead, Paul S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acaricide; Humans; Lyme disease; Pesticide; Prevention; Tick borne diseases; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; BIFENTHRIN; PLACEBO; PYRETHROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL; CHILD; DRUG EFFECTS; FAMILY SIZE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TICK BITES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACARICIDES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; PLACEBOS; PYRETHRINS; TICK BITES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84977123706     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv775     Document Type: Article

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