Patents Assigned to Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, an agency of U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
  • Control of arthropod vectors of parasitic diseases
    Publication number: 20030087800
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for controlling ectoparasites of small rodents, thereby preventing the transmission of diseases by arthropod vectors. The invention further provides an enclosure having openings for entry of rodents, and having arranged therein one or more applicators which are configured to contact rodents entering the chamber and having an ectoparasiticide on the applicator for application to the rodents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, an agency of U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Gary O. Maupin, Marc C. Dolan