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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
5
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1991-12-26
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pubmed:abstractText |
Tubes of commercially available permethrin-treated cotton balls were distributed twice each year in 1989 and 1990 at five sites in a Lyme disease endemic area in Connecticut. Five additional sites were not treated. At each application, 48 tubes, sufficient to treat 0.4 ha, were dispersed at 10-m intervals through woodlands, around ornamental plantings, and along rockwalls. The cotton was collected by white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) from the majority of the tubes, which resulted in a decrease (37.2% in 1989 and 91.5% in 1990) in the number of subadult Ixodes dammini Spielman, Clifford, Piesman, and Corwin on the mice in the treated areas. There were no significant decreases in the number of host-seeking nymphs or adults of I. dammini in 1989 or 1990 between the treated and untreated sites. The rates of infection in the host-seeking nymphs with Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiological agent of Lyme disease, at the treated sites (13.0 and 14.6% for 1989 and 1990, respectively) were comparable to those at the untreated sites (16.9 and 13.2% for 1989 and 1990, respectively). The distribution of permethrin-treated cotton around individual residences significantly reduced the number of ticks on P. leucopus but was not sufficient to reduce the risk of exposure to infected host-seeking nymphs and adults of I. dammini after two seasons of treatment.
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pubmed:commentsCorrections | |
pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Sep
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pubmed:issn |
0022-2585
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
28
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
611-7
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:1941927-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:1941927-Arachnid Vectors,
pubmed-meshheading:1941927-Connecticut,
pubmed-meshheading:1941927-Insecticides,
pubmed-meshheading:1941927-Permethrin,
pubmed-meshheading:1941927-Peromyscus,
pubmed-meshheading:1941927-Pyrethrins,
pubmed-meshheading:1941927-Rodent Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:1941927-Tick Control,
pubmed-meshheading:1941927-Tick Infestations,
pubmed-meshheading:1941927-Ticks
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pubmed:year |
1991
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Effectiveness of host-targeted permethrin in the control of Ixodes dammini (Acari: Ixodidae)
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Entomology, Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station, New Haven 06504.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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