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What is Tick-borne diseases?
What is Tick-borne diseases?
- Tick-borne diseases: Any disease that is transferred to humans by the tick.
- Tick-borne diseases: 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 diseases, including the transmission of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia, babesiosis, African swine fever and relapsing fever.
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Tick-borne diseases: Introduction
Types of Tick-borne diseases:
Types of Tick-borne diseases:
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- Scrub typhus
- Ehrlichiosis
- Babesiosis
- Lyme disease
- Relapsing fever
- Colorado tick fever
- Rocky mountain spotted fever
- Typhus
- Tick typhus (type of Typhus)
- STARI
- Tick paralysis
- Flavivirus
- more types...»
Broader types of Tick-borne diseases:
How serious is Tick-borne diseases?
Complications of Tick-borne diseases:
see complications of Tick-borne diseases
What causes Tick-borne diseases?
Causes of Tick-borne diseases: see causes of Tick-borne diseases
Cause of Tick-borne diseases: Tick bites spread infection.
Risk factors for Tick-borne diseases:
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risk factors for Tick-borne diseases
What are the symptoms of Tick-borne diseases?
Symptoms of Tick-borne diseases: see symptoms of Tick-borne diseases
Complications of Tick-borne diseases: see complications of Tick-borne diseases
How is it treated?
Treatments for Tick-borne diseases:
see treatments for Tick-borne diseases
Prevention of Tick-borne diseases:
see prevention of Tick-borne diseases
Research for Tick-borne diseases:
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Hospitalization statistics for Tick-borne diseases:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Tick-borne diseases:
- 0.0006% (72) of hospital episodes were for arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 90% of hospital consultations for arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 60% of hospital episodes for arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 40% of hospital episodes for arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 98% of hospital admissions for arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Name and Aliases of Tick-borne diseases
Main name of condition: Tick-borne diseases
Other names or spellings for Tick-borne diseases:
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