Tools to fight ticks: A never-ending story? News from the front of green acaricides and photosensitizers

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 656-659

  Benelli, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Argasidae; Borrelia; Ixodidae; Plant borne repellents; Rickettsia; Safranin; Tetramethrin; Tick borne diseases

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; INSECT REPELLENT; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GREEN CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HYALOMMA DROMEDARII; INSECT RESISTANCE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LC50; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEILERIA ANNULATA; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATION;

EID: 84990996946     PISSN: 22221808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2222-1808(16)61105-2     Document Type: Review

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