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628. A meta-analysis of Tick Paralysis in humans globally [PDF]

Open Forum Infect Dis, 2023
Background Tick paralysis is a neurological disease that causes acute ascending motor paralysis and sparing of sensory function. It is caused by a neurotoxin released from the tick during hematophagy.
S. Matthews, Chawki Harfouch
europepmc   +2 more sources

The weather determines the number of cases of tick paralysis in dogs and cats in eastern Australia, caused by Ixodes holocyclus, the eastern paralysis tick.

Australian Veterinary Journal, 2023
We studied over 222,000 cases of emergency veterinary consultations in four regions along the eastern coast of Australia. We found that cases of tick paralysis (TP) caused by the eastern paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus, accounted for 7.5% of these ...
Ejm Teo, H. Russell, T. Lambert, R. Webster, A. Yappa, P. McDonagh, G. Harper, D. Barker, SC Barker   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Review of Australian Tick Vaccine Research

Vaccines, 2021
Tick vaccine research in Australia has demonstrated leadership worldwide through the development of the first anti-tick vaccine in the 1990s. Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation’s (CSIRO) research led to the ...
Ala E. Tabor
doaj   +1 more source

Reduced incidence of tick paralysis cases in dogs and cats at two emergency clinics in South-East Queensland since 2015: new generation prophylactics as possible explanatory variables.

Australian Veterinary Journal, 2023
INTRODUCTION This study aimed to determine the incidence of canine and feline tick paralysis cases presenting to two veterinary emergency hospitals before and after the introduction of new generation prophylactic acaricides.
Emilienne M. Ireland, J. Heller, E. Leister, AM Padula   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Human otoacariasis: a common outbreak in rubber growing belt of Karnataka. [PDF]

, 2013
Background/Objective: Soft tick in the ear is a very common acute painful and distressing condition in the flowering months of October to March. It’s a common condition in the rubber growing belt of Sullia.The mouthparts of the tick grips firmly the skin
Appaji, Mohan, Devi, Pinky N, M K, Goutham, Naik, Sarika S, Naik, Sudhir M, S M, Annapurna, S, Ravishankar   +6 more
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Atypical Presentation of a Tick Paralysis in a Dog

Acta Veterinaria Indonesiana, 2022
An 11-month-old Guregh dog was admitted to the hospital with history of vomiting and regurgitation, gait disorder and unilateral thread-like hypersalivation for last a few days.
E. Gülersoy, I. Günal
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and tick-borne diseases of sheep and goats in Africa: A review

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2023
Ticks are leading vectors of economically important pathogens that affect small ruminants due to favourable climatic conditions across different regions of the African continent.
ThankGod E. Onyiche, Ewan Thomas MacLeod
doaj   +1 more source

Ixodes brunneus (Acari: Ixodidae) from Two Bird Hosts: A New Michigan Tick [PDF]

, 2017
The tick Ixodes brunneus Koch (Acari: Ixodidae) is reported for the first time in Michigan from two bird hosts at two locations in the lower peninsula.
Hamer, Sarah A, Keith, Brenda S, Keith, Richard S, Scharf, William C   +3 more
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Ticks infesting humans in Central America: A review of their relevance in public health

Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases, 2022
Ticks are blood-sucking arthropods that parasitize most groups of terrestrial or semiaquatic vertebrates. Humans are accidental hosts to the ticks; however, in humans the ticks can cause damages varying from simple irritation to severe allergies ...
Sergio Bermúdez C., Lillian Domínguez A., Adriana Troyo, Víctor M. Montenegro H., José M. Venzal   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predicting the potential distribution of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) infestation in New Zealand, using maximum entropy-based ecological niche modelling [PDF]

, 2020
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Ganta, RR, Heath, ACG, Lawrence, KE, Peterson, AT, Pomroy, WE, Raghavan, RK   +5 more
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