Two topically applied spot-on products--65% permethrin (Defend Exspot Treatment for Dogs, Schering-Plough Animal Health, Union, NJ) and 9.7% fipronil (Frontline Spot On Dog, Merial Limited, Iselin, NJ)--used for canine flea and tick control were evaluated for repellency against Ixodes ricinus, the tick species that is the primary vector of Lyme disease in Europe. Eighteen dogs were randomly ass...

control of insect pests of agriculture, economic, and medical importance usually focuses on the use of insecticides. the susceptibility levels of eleven strains of german cockroaches, blattella germanica (l.), were compared with a standard susceptible strain against permethrin and fipronil. the strains were collected from nine infested students’ dormitories and two infested hospitals in tehran,...

IMPORTANCE Contamination of the skin and clothing of health care personnel during removal of personal protective equipment (PPE) contributes to dissemination of pathogens and places personnel at risk for infection. OBJECTIVES To determine the frequency and sites of contamination on the skin and clothing of personnel during PPE removal and to evaluate the effect of an intervention on the frequ...

Eritema adalah indikasi fisiologi berupa bercak kemerahan pada kulit akibat pemakaian hand body lotion yang mengandung bahan berbahaya kulit. Salah satu hayati laut berpotensi sebagai anti eritema dalam sediaan lamun (Enhalus acoroides) dan gonad bulu babi (Diadema setosum). Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui persentase indeks muncul dari 3 formulasi panelis. Metode eksperimen dengan meranc...

The residual effectiveness against laboratory-reared female Anopheles quadrimaculatus mosquitoes of a synthetic pyrethroid (permethrin) applied to cattle was determined. Twenty-four-hour postexposure mortality and the degree of successful blood engorgement were determined by exposing mosquitoes for 10 min to cattle. Three replicated assays were conducted and mortality determined at 1, 2, 5, 7, ...

Background: Some researchers claim that permethrin-impregnated clothes are effective in the prevention of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of permethrin-impregnated clothes in the prevention of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Patients and Methods: 272 soldiers were randomized in two groups. In one group permethrin-impregnated clothes and in the other group, control c...

BACKGROUND Pediculiasis is treated aggressively in the United States, mainly with permethrin- and pyrethrin-containing pediculicides. Increasingly frequent anecdotal reports of treatment failure suggest the emergence of insecticidal resistance by these lice. OBJECTIVE To confirm or refute the susceptibility of head lice sampled in the United States to permethrin. DESIGN Survey. Head lice we...

A single case is described of congenital leukaemia with 11q23/MLL rearrangement in a preterm female newborn. Because of arachnophobia, the mother had heavily abused aerosolised permethrin, a widely used household insecticide. Permethrin is considered comparatively safe, but, in view of the mother's history, its potential to induce cleavage of the MLL gene in cell culture was tested. Incubation ...

Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of 4% dimeticone lotion for treatment of head louse infestation. Design Randomised controlled equivalence trial. Setting Community, with home visits. Participants 214 young people aged 4 to 18 years and 39 adults with active head louse infestation. Interventions Two applications seven days apart of either 4.0% dimeticone lotion, applied for eight ho...

BACKGROUND Conspicuous facial pores are therapeutic targets for cosmeceuticals. Here we examine the effect of topical fullerene on conspicuous facial pores using a new image analyser called the VISIA® system. Ten healthy Japanese females participated in this study, and they received applications of 1% fullerene lotion to the face twice a day for 8 weeks. FINDINGS Fullerene lotion significantl...