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Descriptor
English
:
Ticks
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Garrapatas
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Carrapatos
Synonyms
English
:
Ixodida
Ixodidas
Tick
Tree Number:
B01.050.500.131.166.132.832
Definition
English
:
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)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
TICK BITES
,
TICK TOXICOSES
and
TICK PARALYSIS
are available; tick vectors =
ARACHNID VECTORS
(IM) + TICKS (IM); infection =
TICK INFESTATIONS
; for chemicals for killing or controlling ticks use
ACARICIDES
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AH
anatomy & histology
CH
chemistry
CL
classification
CY
cytology
DE
drug effects
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
GE
genetics
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
PS
parasitology
PY
pathogenicity
PH
physiology
RE
radiation effects
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
14375
Unique Identifier:
D013987
Occurrence in VHL
:
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