Tick-Borne Diseases
| Medical Definition: |
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. |
| Guide Notes: |
can be bacterial, viral or protozoan; GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics; for GEN articles specifying type, coord IM with GEN organism/infect term (IM), as "tick-borne arbovirus diseases" = TICK-BORNE DISEASES (IM) + ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS (IM) |
| Also Called: |
Tick-Borne Infections |
Tick-Borne Diseases Categories.
 |
Tularemia - A plague-like disease of rodents, transmissible to man. It is caused by FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS and is characterized by fever, chills, headache, backache, and weakness. |
Tick-Borne Diseases Medical Definitions and Terms
|
|
|
 |
 |
 CANADIAN
MEDICAL GUIDE
|
| Thank you for visiting
Canadian Medical Guide .com | | | | | |
|
|
 |
   |
 |
Canadian Medical Guide Catagories
| | |
