Tests of Repellents Against Diamanus Montanus (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae)
- 28 July 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology
- Vol. 19 (4) , 361-365
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/19.4.361
Abstract
Oil of sassafras, oil of pennyroyal, diethyltoluamide (deet) and ethyl hexanediol were tested on white mice as repellents against the flea Diamanus montanus in a parallel-line bioassay study. Relative potencies of the test repellents against Diamanus montanus were 3.59, 1.26, 1.00 and 0.27, respectively. Concentrations of 0.14, 0.41, 0.51 and 1.91% were required to provide 95% protection. Commercial products containing diethyltoluamide and ethyl hexanediol are currently available for use by public health workers, researchers and others who may come into contact with Diamanus montanus.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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