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.
  Source - Diseases Database

Name and Aliases of Tick-borne diseases

Main name of condition: Tick-borne diseases

Types of Tick-borne diseases:

Subtypes 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, STARI, Tick paralysis, Flavivirus
Parent types of Tick-borne diseases: Zoonotic Diseases, Insect-borne diseases

How serious is Tick-borne diseases?

Complications of Tick-borne diseases: see complications of Tick-borne diseases

What causes Tick-borne diseases?

Cause of Tick-borne diseases: Tick bites spread infection.
Causes of Tick-borne diseases: see causes of Tick-borne diseases
Risk factors for Tick-borne diseases: see risk factors for 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: see research for Tick-borne diseases

Society issues for Tick-borne diseases

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)
• 4 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 4 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 31 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 92% of hospitalisations for arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 3% of hospitalisations for arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0% of hospitalisations for arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0.0005% (256) of hospital bed days were for arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0% (5) of hospital consultant episodes were for tick-borne viral encephalitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 80% of hospital consultant episodes for tick-borne viral encephalitis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 40% of hospital consultant episodes for tick-borne viral encephalitis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 60% of hospital consultant episodes for tick-borne viral encephalitis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 25% of hospital consultant episodes for tick-borne viral encephalitis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 5 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for tick-borne viral encephalitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 4 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for tick-borne viral encephalitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 33 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for tick-borne viral encephalitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 60% of hospital consultant episodes for tick-borne viral encephalitis occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0% of hospital consultant episodes for tick-borne viral encephalitis occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0% of hospital consultant episodes for tick-borne viral encephalitis were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0% (20) of hospital bed days were for tick-borne viral encephalitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)