Ixodes holocyclus, commonly known as the Australian paralysis tick, is one of about 75 species in the Australian tick fauna and is considered the most medically important. It can cause paralysis by injecting neurotoxins into its host. It is usually found in a 20-kilometre wide band following the eastern coastline of Australia. Within that range, Ixodes holocyclus is the tick most frequently encountered by humans and their pets. Because the same area includes Australia's most densely populated regions, bites on people, pets and livestock are relatively common.
Paralysis ticks are found in many types of habitat, particularly areas of high rainfall such as wet sclerophyll forest and temperate rainforest.[2] The natural hosts for the paralysis tick include koalas,[3] bandicoots, possums and kangaroos.[2]
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Ixodesholocyclus, commonly known as the Australian paralysis tick, is one of about 75 species in the Australian tick fauna and is considered the most...
animals and humans (tick-borne disease), and some species (notably Ixodesholocyclus) inject toxins that can cause paralysis. Some ticks in this genus...
actively seek hosts. In Australia, tick paralysis is caused by the tick Ixodesholocyclus. Prior to 1989, 20 fatal cases were reported in Australia. Although...
bacterium Rickettsia australis. It is transmitted by the ticks Ixodesholocyclus and Ixodes tasmani. Queensland tick typhus is a tick-borne disease. Onset...
Queensland tick typhus. The probable vectors are the tick species, Ixodesholocyclus and Ixodes tasmani. Small marsupials are suspected reservoirs of this bacterium...
andersoni, Dermacentor occidentalis, Dermacentor variabilis, and Ixodesholocyclus. Other tick-borne diseases include Lyme disease, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis...
gallery below. Ixodes (Ixodes ricinus, the deer tick of Europe; Ixodes scapularis, the black-legged tick of North America; Ixodesholocyclus, the paralysis...
known host. Tick infestation is rare in the Australian raven, with Ixodesholocyclus and Amblyomma triguttatum recorded. Lice and hippoboscid flies have...
one cat. Ixodes cornuatus has been implicated in the envenomation of cats. Ixodes cornuatus is difficult to distinguish from Ixodesholocyclus. The ranges...
granulosus), the liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica), and the dog-tick (Ixodesholocyclus). He developed an immunization for dogs to protect against the dog-tick...
(February 1991). "Vector competence of the Australian paralysis tick, Ixodesholocyclus, for the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi". Int J Parasitol...
of ticks found in Australia, 16 of which, Ixodes tasmani included, are able to parasitize humans. The Ixodes tasmani was formally described in 1899 by...
; Clarke, L.; Boyle, R. (November 2007). "THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN IXODESHOLOCYCLUS TICK BITE REACTIONS AND RED MEAT ALLERGY". Internal Medicine Journal...
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