Spatial repellents transfluthrin and metofluthrin affect the behavior of Dermacentor variabilis, Amblyomma americanum, and Ixodes scapularis in an in vitro vertical climb assay

• Eric L. Siegel,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Laboratory of Medical Zoology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Marcos Olivera,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization

  Affiliation Computational Mechanics Center, Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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• Esteban Martinez Roig,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization

  Affiliation Computational Mechanics Center, Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2507-7795

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• Melynda Perry,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Textile Materials Evaluation Team, Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center, United States Army Garrison-Natick, Natick, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Andrew Y. Li,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Invasive Insect Biocontrol & Behavior Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Sebastián D’hers,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Computational Mechanics Center, Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4979-8813

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• Noel M. Elman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation GearJump Technologies, Limited Liability Company, Brookline, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Stephen M. Rich

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: smrich@umass.edu

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Laboratory of Medical Zoology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7175-6380

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