Mesh term Tick-Borne Diseases
Browse to parent terms:Arbovirus Infections
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
Protozoan Infections
Description
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.Browse to child terms:
African Swine Fever
Anaplasmosis
Babesiosis
Colorado Tick Fever
Ehrlichiosis
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne
Heartwater Disease
Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean
Hemorrhagic Fever, Omsk
Kyasanur Forest Disease
Lyme Disease
Nairobi Sheep Disease
Relapsing Fever
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis
Theileriasis
Search for this term in our Faculty Database
View this term at the NCBI website
