Organisms

Ornithodoros

A genus of softbacked TICKS, in the family ARGASIDAE, serving as the vector of BORRELIA, causing RELAPSING FEVER, and of the AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

A genus of softbacked TICKS, in the family ARGASIDAE, serving as the vector of BORRELIA, causing RELAPSING FEVER, and of the AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Relapsing Fever Ticks
  • Ticks, Relapsing Fever
  • Fever Tick, Relapsing
  • Fever Ticks, Relapsing
  • Ornithodoro
  • Relapsing Fever Tick
  • Tick, Relapsing Fever

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18 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

infestation: coord IM with TICK INFESTATIONS (IM)

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History Note

2002

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Previous Indexing

  • Ticks (1964-2001)

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  1. B01w.050w.500w.131w.166w.132w.832w.100w.700w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ornithodoros. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D026861. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D026861
  2. Ornithodoros. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithodoros
  3. Ornithodoros. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q640158