Diseases

Tick Toxicoses

Toxicoses caused by toxic substances secreted by the salivary glands of ticks; include tick paralysis (neurotropic toxin), sweating sickness (dermotropic toxin), and Rhipicephalus appendiculatus toxicosis (leukotropic toxin).

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Toxicoses caused by toxic substances secreted by the salivary glands of ticks; include tick paralysis (neurotropic toxin), sweating sickness (dermotropic toxin), and Rhipicephalus appendiculatus toxicosis (leukotropic toxin).

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  • Toxicoses, Tick

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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see note under TICKS

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  • Ticks (1966-1967)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Tick Toxicoses. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013986. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013986
  2. Tick Toxicoses. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55093091