Ticks are insects known for attaching to and sucking blood from land-dwelling animals (specifically vertebrates).[1] Ticks fall under the category of 'arthropod', and while they are often thought of in the context of disease transmission, they are also known to cause direct harm to hosts through bites, toxin release, and infestation. Infestation can cause symptoms ranging from mild to severe and may even cause death.[2] Hosts can include any number of vertebrates, though humans and livestock are more likely to be the interest of researchers.[1]
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to cause direct harm to hosts through bites, toxin release, and infestation. Infestation can cause symptoms ranging from mild to severe and may even cause...
Ticks are parasitic arachnids of the order Ixodida. They are part of the mite superorder Parasitiformes. Adult ticks are approximately 3 to 5 mm in length...
host. In general, the term "infestation" refers to parasitic diseases caused by animals such as arthropods (i.e. mites, ticks, and lice) and worms, but...
used to reduce infestation of companion animals. Ticks are invertebrate animals in the phylum Arthropoda, and are related to spiders. Ticks are in the subclass...
known as Lyme borreliosis, is a tick-borne disease caused by species of Borrelia bacteria, transmitted by blood-feeding ticks in the genus Ixodes. The most...
between nearby locations or by being carried within personal items. Infestation is rarely due to a lack of hygiene but is more common in high-density...
Tick dragging is a method for collecting ticks used by parasitologists and other researchers studying tick populations in the wild. To conduct a tick...
parasiticides for the treatment, prevention and control of flea and tickinfestation on dogs and cats". Veterinary Parasitology. 145 (3): 332–344. doi:10...
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...
Tick paralysis is a type of paralysis caused by specific types of attached ticks. Unlike tick-borne diseases caused by infectious organisms, the illness...
Colorado tick fever (CTF) is a viral infection (Coltivirus) transmitted from the bite of an infected Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni)....
the Asian longhorned tick, longhorned tick, bush tick, Asian tick, or cattle tick, is a parasitic arachnid belonging to the tick family Ixodidae. The...
among many other purposes best known as insecticide against mite- or tick-infestation of dogs. It is also widely used in the beekeeping industry as a control...
infestations; treat and control tickinfestations with the lone star tick, Gulf Coast tick, American dog tick, black-legged tick, and brown dog tick;...
also sometimes known as the seven-year itch) is a contagious human skin infestation by the tiny (0.2–0.45 mm) mite Sarcoptes scabiei, variety hominis. The...
Ixodes scapularis is commonly known as the deer tick or black-legged tick (although some people reserve the latter term for Ixodes pacificus, which is...
diversity to mainland populations. Tickinfestation of P. siculus can be common in man-made habitats. Tickinfestation is generally more pronounced in large...
control of tickinfestations including lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum), American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis), black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis)...
Head lice infestation, also known as pediculosis capitis, is the infection of the head hair and scalp by the head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis). Itching...
transmission. Infestation of the eyelashes is referred to as pediculosis ciliaris or phthiriasis palpebrarum. The main symptom of infestation with crab lice...
the surrounding sheep died approximately three weeks after a large tickinfestation was observed. In an 1877 testimony to the Cape of Good Hope Commission...
heavy infestation by ticks such as R. appendiculatus has proved to be a major cause behind the high mortality of ungulates, as they can lead to tick paralysis...
recent years, heavy infestations up to 75,000 ticks have been seen on single moose, and can lead to the death of the animal. The winter tick is sexually dimorphic...
to severe infestation and wild animals such as foxes may die from sarcoptes infestation. One genus of mites, Demodex, has adapted to infesting the hair...
Amblyomma maculatum (Gulf Coast tick) is a species of tick in the genus Amblyomma. Immatures usually infest small mammals and birds that dwell on the...
including lymph node enlargement, anaemia, hyperthermia and history of tickinfestation can lead to a suspicion of theileriosis Definitive diagnosis relies...
Deer tick virus (DTV) is a virus in the genus Flavivirus spread via ticks that causes encephalitis. DTV closely resembles Powassan virus (to which it has...
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