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Tick-borne infections

Dermatologic Clinics, 2003
Ticks, obligate, blood-sucking members of the order Acarina and class Arachnida, are the most common agents of vector-borne diseases in the United States. Ticks play an important role in transmitting viruses, bacteria, spirochetes, parasites, and rickettsia. This article reviews the epidemiology, microbiology, diagnosis, and treatment of the major tick-
Divya, Singh-Behl   +2 more
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Tick-Borne Infections

Pediatric Emergency Care, 2021
Abstract There are many tick-borne infections that affect children and adolescents in the United States. These illnesses often begin with non-specific flulike symptoms such as fever, chills, headache, and myalgia, so obtaining a good travel history is important.
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Tick-borne Infections

Hospital Medicine Clinics, 2015
Tick-borne illnesses (TBI) are infections acquired through a bite of a tick. Because of the nonspecific signs and symptoms experienced by patients presenting with TBIs, a high index of suspicion is crucial to include a TBI in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with symptoms compatible with a TBI.
Rivera Rivera, Karla B.   +1 more
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Tick-Borne Infections

2012
Numerous species of ticks have been associated with transmission of infectious diseases to humans. Recognizing the type of tick and its geographic distribution can aid identification of select bacterial, viral, and protozoan infection risk assessment.• Consists of the hard ticks that transmit nearly all tick-borne human diseases; 2–30 mm...
John W. Wilson, Lynn L. Estes
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Characteristics of endemicity by tick-borne infections (tick-borne encephalitis, ixodic tick-borne borrelioses) in the Ulyanovsk region

Disinfection affairs, 2023
The work presents the results of monitoring the incidence of the population and the lesion of ticks with the tick-borne encephalitis virus, borrelias of ixodic tick-borne borrelioses for 2002–2021. in the administrative territories of the Ulyanovsk region endemic to tick-borne encephalitis. The results of monitoring the number of Ixodes and Dermacentor
Aleksandr Anatolevich Nafeev   +1 more
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[Tick-borne infections].

Recenti progressi in medicina, 2004
Ticks are obligate, blood-sucking ectoparasites that are the most common agents of vector-borne infectious disease in the United States and European countries. Ticks play an important role in transmitting several infectious agents, such as viruses, bacteria, spirochetes, rickettsia, and parasites, and tick bites cause a variety of acute and chronic ...
CALZA, LEONARDO   +2 more
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Emerging Tick-Borne Infections

Annales Nestlé (English ed.), 2009
Tick-borne infections occur worldwide and have been well known for more than 100 years. Some tick-borne diseases are very common while others are extremely rare. Modern molecular genetic techniques (and the wider availability of polymerase chain reaction) have lead to the discovery and classification of new pathogenic agents, especially for the order ...
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Tick-borne Infections in the United States

Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 2013
Patients with illnesses caused by ticks may present with flulike symptoms. Physicians should learn how to recognize these illnesses by specific aspects in the patients' histories and physical examinations. Prevention of mortality and morbidity may depend on correct early diagnosis and treatment.
George G A, Pujalte, Joel V, Chua
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Rickettsial and Other Tick-Borne Infections

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 2007
Tick bites are best prevented by people avoiding tick-infested areas. When this is not possible, tick bites may be prevented by the wearing of long trousers that are tucked into boots. The best method to avoid tick bites is twofold: application of a topical deet (N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide) repellent to exposed skin, and treatment of clothing with ...
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Lyme Disease: a Tick-borne Infection

La Revue de l'Infirmière, 2019
Laurie, Sophie's sister, was bitten in the arm by an infected tick and has developed Lyme disease. Sophie investigates further into the diagnosis, treatment and complications of the disease, in order to be able to give Laurie accurate advice.
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