Efficacy assessment of biocides or repellents for the control of Sarcoptes scabiei in the environment
Abstract Background Sarcoptes scabiei infection is a contagious disease affecting both humans and animals. The transmission occurs either by direct contact or from the environment where mites could survive several days remaining infective. The number of products available for environmental control o...
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| author | Fang Fang Charlotte Bernigaud Kerdalidec Candy Elise Melloul Arezki Izri Rémy Durand Françoise Botterel Olivier Chosidow Weiyi Huang Jacques Guillot |
| author_facet | Fang Fang Charlotte Bernigaud Kerdalidec Candy Elise Melloul Arezki Izri Rémy Durand Françoise Botterel Olivier Chosidow Weiyi Huang Jacques Guillot |
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| description | Abstract Background Sarcoptes scabiei infection is a contagious disease affecting both humans and animals. The transmission occurs either by direct contact or from the environment where mites could survive several days remaining infective. The number of products available for environmental control of S. scabiei is very limited. The objective of the present study was to assess the efficacy of biocides or repellents against S. scabiei var suis. Methods Tested products included pyrethroids: permethrin, esdepallethrin and bioresmethrin, bifenthrin, cypermethrin and imiprothrin, cyfluthrin, tetramethrin and sumithrin. We also tested repellents: DEET, icaridin and IR3535. Sarcoptes scabiei var suis mites were collected from experimentally-infected pigs. For each test, 20 live mites of all motile stages were placed in a plastic Petri dish and sprayed uniformly by each product. Control mites were sprayed by distilled water. The study was performed in triplicate under room conditions and the mites were inspected under a stereomicroscope at intervals (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60 min, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 24 h) after exposure to the products. Results All the products, except the combination of tetramethrin and sumithrin (A-PAR®), were able to kill all mites within 24 h. The median survival time was 50 ± 30.4 min, 120 ± 309 min, 10 ± 5.9 min, 40 ± 36.8 min, 15 ± 7.3 min, 180 ± 417 min and 1440 ± 600 min when mites were exposed to permethrin 4 %, permethrin 0.6 %, esdepallethrin and bioresmethrin, bifenthrin, cypermethrin and imiprothrin, cyfluthrin, tetramethrin and sumithrin, respectively. The median survival time was 20 ± 6.5 min, 15 ± 4.3 min, 30 ± 42.1 min and 15 ± 4.9 min for DEET 25, DEET 50, icaridin 20 and IR3535 20 %, respectively. Conclusions The results of the present study could support evidence-based use of biocides and repellents in households, hospitals and farms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4d852ba6473343979e6943ff20cfd1b62023-06-04T11:13:23ZengBMCParasites & Vectors1756-33052015-08-01811610.1186/s13071-015-1027-7Efficacy assessment of biocides or repellents for the control of Sarcoptes scabiei in the environmentFang Fang0Charlotte Bernigaud1Kerdalidec Candy2Elise Melloul3Arezki Izri4Rémy Durand5Françoise Botterel6Olivier Chosidow7Weiyi Huang8Jacques Guillot9Parasitology Department, College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi UniversityResearch group Dynamyc, EnvA, UPECParasitology-Mycology Department, Avicenne Hospital, AP-HPResearch group Dynamyc, EnvA, UPECParasitology-Mycology Department, Avicenne Hospital, AP-HPParasitology-Mycology Department, Avicenne Hospital, AP-HPResearch group Dynamyc, EnvA, UPECDermatology Department, Henri Mondor Hospital, AP-HP, UPECParasitology Department, College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi UniversityParasitology Department, College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi UniversityAbstract Background Sarcoptes scabiei infection is a contagious disease affecting both humans and animals. The transmission occurs either by direct contact or from the environment where mites could survive several days remaining infective. The number of products available for environmental control of S. scabiei is very limited. The objective of the present study was to assess the efficacy of biocides or repellents against S. scabiei var suis. Methods Tested products included pyrethroids: permethrin, esdepallethrin and bioresmethrin, bifenthrin, cypermethrin and imiprothrin, cyfluthrin, tetramethrin and sumithrin. We also tested repellents: DEET, icaridin and IR3535. Sarcoptes scabiei var suis mites were collected from experimentally-infected pigs. For each test, 20 live mites of all motile stages were placed in a plastic Petri dish and sprayed uniformly by each product. Control mites were sprayed by distilled water. The study was performed in triplicate under room conditions and the mites were inspected under a stereomicroscope at intervals (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60 min, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 24 h) after exposure to the products. Results All the products, except the combination of tetramethrin and sumithrin (A-PAR®), were able to kill all mites within 24 h. The median survival time was 50 ± 30.4 min, 120 ± 309 min, 10 ± 5.9 min, 40 ± 36.8 min, 15 ± 7.3 min, 180 ± 417 min and 1440 ± 600 min when mites were exposed to permethrin 4 %, permethrin 0.6 %, esdepallethrin and bioresmethrin, bifenthrin, cypermethrin and imiprothrin, cyfluthrin, tetramethrin and sumithrin, respectively. The median survival time was 20 ± 6.5 min, 15 ± 4.3 min, 30 ± 42.1 min and 15 ± 4.9 min for DEET 25, DEET 50, icaridin 20 and IR3535 20 %, respectively. Conclusions The results of the present study could support evidence-based use of biocides and repellents in households, hospitals and farms.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1027-7Sarcoptes scabieiPyrethroidsRepellentsin vitro test |
| spellingShingle | Fang Fang Charlotte Bernigaud Kerdalidec Candy Elise Melloul Arezki Izri Rémy Durand Françoise Botterel Olivier Chosidow Weiyi Huang Jacques Guillot Efficacy assessment of biocides or repellents for the control of Sarcoptes scabiei in the environment Parasites & Vectors Sarcoptes scabiei Pyrethroids Repellents in vitro test |
| title | Efficacy assessment of biocides or repellents for the control of Sarcoptes scabiei in the environment |
| title_full | Efficacy assessment of biocides or repellents for the control of Sarcoptes scabiei in the environment |
| title_fullStr | Efficacy assessment of biocides or repellents for the control of Sarcoptes scabiei in the environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Efficacy assessment of biocides or repellents for the control of Sarcoptes scabiei in the environment |
| title_short | Efficacy assessment of biocides or repellents for the control of Sarcoptes scabiei in the environment |
| title_sort | efficacy assessment of biocides or repellents for the control of sarcoptes scabiei in the environment |
| topic | Sarcoptes scabiei Pyrethroids Repellents in vitro test |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1027-7 |
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