"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tick-Borne Diseases" by people in Profiles.
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Sack A, Naumova EN, Price LL, Xu G, Rich SM. Passive Surveillance of Human-Biting Ixodes scapularis Ticks in Massachusetts from 2015-2019. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 02 28; 20(5).
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Tkachenko E, Blankenship K, Goldberg D, Scharf MJ, Weedon S, Levin NA. Dish soap for complete tick detachment. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 Mar; 84(3):e123.
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Xu G, Pearson P, Rich SM. Ehrlichia muris in Ixodes cookei Ticks, Northeastern United States, 2016-2017. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 06; 24(6):1143-1144.
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Wormser GP, Dattwyler RJ, Shapiro ED, Halperin JJ, Steere AC, Klempner MS, Krause PJ, Bakken JS, Strle F, Stanek G, Bockenstedt L, Fish D, Dumler JS, Nadelman RB. The clinical assessment, treatment, and prevention of lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, and babesiosis: clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Nov 01; 43(9):1089-134.
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Rich SM, Armstrong PM, Smith RD, Telford SR. Lone star tick-infecting borreliae are most closely related to the agent of bovine borreliosis. J Clin Microbiol. 2001 Feb; 39(2):494-7.