Efficacy of Unregulated Minimum Risk Products to Kill and Repel Ticks

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Eisen, Lars
• Description:
  Human-biting ticks threaten public health in the United States. Registration by the Environmental Protection Agency of products to kill host-seeking ticks or repel ticks contacting humans is indicative of their safety and effectiveness. Unregulated minimum risk products, exempt from Environmental Protection Agency registration and often based on botanical oils, are proliferating in the marketplace, but there is concern about their effectiveness to kill and repel ticks. Evaluations of such products are limited in the published literature. A review showed considerable variability among minimum risk products to kill host-seeking blacklegged ticks, with effectiveness similar to chemical pesticide products for some minimum risk products but minimal impact on the ticks for other products. Evaluations of minimum risk tick repellents have typically focused on individual active ingredients rather than formulated products, which often combine multiple active ingredients. Consumers should be aware that effectiveness to kill and repel ticks can differ among unregulated minimum risk products.
• Subjects:
  Animals Humans Insect Repellents Ixodes Public Health
• Keywords:
  Efficacy Minimum Risk Products Repellents Ticks Toxicants Unregulated Vector-borne Infections Zoonoses
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2024; 30(1):1-7
• Pubmed ID:
  38146965
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10756381
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  30
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:844dcfc7951e1e42a233d33105ef8b0346f644e1546ac08d7c1c8acb3804e326
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/140572/cdc_140572_DS1.pdf
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