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Available Means to Control Bloodsucking Ticks, Mites and Insects – An Overview

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Many arthropod species belonging to the groups of ticks, mites and insects suck blood at the skin of animals and humans, whereby they often transmit accidentally or even cyclically agents of diseases (viruses, bacteria, parasites). In the history of mankind numerous means of protection have been developed reaching from means to achieve active repellency up to chemical acaricides and insecticides. They were summarized in this chapter as basis for the consideration of the efficacy of products eventually included in nanoparticles, which may help to overcome the recently growing resistances of traditional products.

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Mehlhorn, H. (2016). Available Means to Control Bloodsucking Ticks, Mites and Insects – An Overview. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Nanoparticles in the Fight Against Parasites. Parasitology Research Monographs, vol 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25292-6_3

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