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Descriptor English:

Ticks

Descriptor Spanish:

Garrapatas

Descriptor Portuguese:

Carrapatos

Synonyms English:

Ixodida

Tree Number:

Definition English:

Blood-sucking acarid parasites of the order Ixodida comprising two families: the softbacked ticks (ARGASIDAE) and hardbacked ticks (IXODIDAE). Ticks are larger than their relatives, the MITES. They penetrate the skin of their host by means of highly specialized, hooked mouth parts and feed on its blood. Ticks attack all groups of terrestrial vertebrates. In humans they are responsible for many TICK-BORNE DISEASES, including the transmission of ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TULAREMIA; BABESIOSIS; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; and RELAPSING FEVER. (From Barnes, Invertebrate Zoology, 5th ed, pp543-44)

Indexing Annotation English:

tick bites = TICKS + BITES AND STINGS, not TICK TOXICOSES nor TICK PARALYSIS unless toxicoses or paralysis results; tick vectors = ARACHNID VECTORS (IM) + TICKS (IM); infection = TICK INFESTATIONS; for chemicals for killing or controlling ticks use INSECTICIDES even though ticks are not insects

Allowable Qualifiers English:

Record Number:

14375

Unique Identifier:

D013987

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