The heat is on: Killing blacklegged ticks in residential washers and dryers to prevent tickborne diseases
| Autor: | Catherine M. Hayes, Jacqueline J. Flynn, Marc C. Dolan, Alan C. Graham, Christina A. Nelson, Molly A. Markowitz, Mark J. Delorey, Paul S. Mead |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Veterinary medicine Hot Temperature 030231 tropical medicine Biology Tick Microbiology Clothing 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Drying time parasitic diseases medicine Animals 030212 general & internal medicine Tick-borne disease Lyme Disease Tick Bites Ixodes Water Humidity bacterial infections and mycoses medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Cold Temperature Infectious Diseases Water temperature Ixodes scapularis Tick-Borne Diseases Insect Science Borrelia burgdorferi Parasitology High heat |
| Zdroj: | Ticks and tick-borne diseases. 7(5) |
| ISSN: | 1877-9603 |
| Popis: | Reducing exposure to ticks can help prevent Lyme disease and other tickborne diseases. Although it is currently recommended to dry clothes on high heat for one hour to kill ticks on clothing after spending time outdoors, this recommendation is based on a single published study of tick survival under various washing conditions and a predetermined one-hour drying time. We conducted a series of tests to investigate the effects of temperature, humidity, and drying time on killing nymphal and adult blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis). Muslin bags containing 5 ticks each were washed then dried or dried only with six cotton towels during each drying cycle. All nymphal and adult ticks were killed when exposed to wash cycles when the water temperature reached ≥54°C (≥130°F); however, 50% of ticks survived hot water washes when the water temperature was |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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