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... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Public Health Practice > Communicable Disease Control > Pest Control > Tick Control
... > Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Public Health Practice > Communicable Disease Control > Pest Control > Tick Control
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Public Health Practice > Communicable Disease Control > Pest Control > Tick Control

Preferred term

Tick Control  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Control, Mite
  • Controls, Mite
  • Mite Control

Note

  • chemicals killing or controlling ticks are indexed under acaricides; mite control can go here as MITES (IM) + TICK CONTROL (IM)

Scope note

  • Chemical, biological, or medical measures designed to prevent the spread of ticks or the concomitant infestations which result in tick-borne diseases. It includes the veterinary as well as the public health aspects of tick and mite control.

History note

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013983

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