Spatial repellents transfluthrin and metofluthrin affect the behavior of Dermacentor variabilis, Amblyomma americanum, and Ixodes scapularis in an in vitro vertical climb assay
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269150
Abstract: Repellents serve an important role in bite protection. Tick repellents largely rely on biomechanisms that induce responses with direct contact, but synthetic pyrethroids used as spatial repellents against insects have received recent attention for potential… read more here.
Keywords: americanum; spatial repellents; climb; vitro vertical ... See more keywords