"Ticks" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Blood-sucking acarid parasites of the order Ixodida comprising two families: the softbacked ticks (ARGASIDAE) and hardbacked ticks (IXODIDAE). Ticks are larger than their relatives, the MITES. They penetrate the skin of their host by means of highly specialized, hooked mouth parts and feed on its blood. Ticks attack all groups of terrestrial vertebrates. In humans they are responsible for many TICK-BORNE DISEASES, including the transmission of ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TULAREMIA; BABESIOSIS; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; and RELAPSING FEVER. (From Barnes, Invertebrate Zoology, 5th ed, pp543-44)
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D013987
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.166.132.832
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ticks" by people in Profiles.
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Gupta S, Eggers P, Arana A, Kresse B, Rios K, Brown L, Sampson L, Kploanyi M. Knowledge and preventive behaviors towards tick-borne diseases in Delaware. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2018 03; 9(3):615-622.
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Pearson T, Cocking JH, Hornstra HM, Keim P. False detection of Coxiella burnetii-what is the risk? FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2016 May; 363(10).
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Araujo RN, Franco PF, Rodrigues H, Santos LCB, McKay CS, Sanhueza CA, Brito CRN, Azevedo MA, Venuto AP, Cowan PJ, Almeida IC, Finn MG, Marques AF. Amblyomma sculptum tick saliva: a-Gal identification, antibody response and possible association with red meat allergy in Brazil. Int J Parasitol. 2016 Mar; 46(3):213-220.
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Karna SL, Prabhu RG, Lin YH, Miller CL, Seshu J. Contributions of environmental signals and conserved residues to the functions of carbon storage regulator A of Borrelia burgdorferi. Infect Immun. 2013 Aug; 81(8):2972-85.
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Miller CL, Karna SL, Seshu J. Borrelia host adaptation Regulator (BadR) regulates rpoS to modulate host adaptation and virulence factors in Borrelia burgdorferi. Mol Microbiol. 2013 Apr; 88(1):105-24.
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Nascimento EM, Gehrke Fde S, Maldonado RA, Colombo S, Silva LJ, Schumaker TT. Detection of Brazilian spotted fever infection by polymerase chain reaction in a patient from the state of S?o Paulo. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2005 May; 100(3):277-9.