Diseases

Tick-Borne Diseases

Bacterial, viral, or parasitic diseases transmitted to humans and animals by the bite of infected ticks. The families Ixodidae and Argasidae contain many bloodsucking species that are important pests of man and domestic birds and mammals and probably exceed all other arthropods in the number and variety of disease agents they transmit. Many of the tick-borne diseases are zoonotic.

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Abstract

Bacterial, viral, or parasitic diseases transmitted to humans and animals by the bite of infected ticks. The families Ixodidae and Argasidae contain many bloodsucking species that are important pests of man and domestic birds and mammals and probably exceed all other arthropods in the number and variety of disease agents they transmit. Many of the tick-borne diseases are zoonotic.

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Synonyms

16 entry terms
  • Tick Borne Disease
  • Borne Disease, Tick
  • Borne Diseases, Tick
  • Disease, Tick Borne
  • Disease, Tick-Borne
  • Diseases, Tick Borne
  • Diseases, Tick-Borne
  • Tick Borne Diseases
  • Tick-Borne Disease
  • Infections, Tick-Borne
  • Tick-Borne Infection
  • Tick-Borne Infections
  • Infection, Tick-Borne
  • Infections, Tick Borne
  • Tick Borne Infection
  • Tick Borne Infections

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36 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics or coordinate with organism/infection term, as "tick-borne arbovirus diseases" = TICK-BORNE DISEASES + ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Tick-Borne Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017282. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017282
  2. Tick-Borne Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick-borne_disease
  3. Tick-Borne Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184243