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Tick Toxicoses
Medical Definition: | Toxicoses caused by toxic substances secreted by the salivary glands of ticks; include tick paralysis (neurotropic toxin), sweating sickness (dermotropic toxin), and Rhipicephalus appendiculatus toxicosis (leukotropic toxin). |
Guide Notes: | see note under TICKS |
Previously Indexed: | Ticks (1966-1967) |
Tick Paralysis - Paralysis caused by a neurotropic toxin secreted by the salivary glands of ticks. |
Tick Toxicoses Medical Definitions and Terms
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