Health Care

Tick Control

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.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

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.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Control, Tick
  • Mite Control
  • Control, Mite
  • Controls, Mite

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

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

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • Insect Control (1966-1972)
  • Ticks (1966-1972)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. N06.850w.780.200.650w.850

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Tick Control. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013983. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013983
  2. Tick Control. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70452898