"Tick-Borne Diseases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D017282
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.400.825 C02.081.885 C03.752.875
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| Concept/Terms |
Tick-Borne Diseases- Tick-Borne Diseases
- Disease, Tick-Borne
- Diseases, Tick-Borne
- Tick Borne Diseases
- Tick-Borne Disease
Tick-Borne Infections- Tick-Borne Infections
- Tick Borne Infections
- Infections, Tick-Borne
- Infection, Tick-Borne
- Infections, Tick Borne
- Tick-Borne Infection
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tick-Borne Diseases" 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.