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Descriptor
English
:
Ticks
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Garrapatas
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Carrapatos
Synonyms
English
:
Ixodida
Tree Number:
B01.050.500.131.166.132.832
SP4.001.022.218.329.180
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
,
TICK TOXICOSES
and
TICK PARALYSIS
are available; tick vectors =
ARACHNID VECTORS
(IM) +
TICKS
(IM);
infection
=
TICK INFESTATIONS
; for chemicals for killing or controlling
ticks
use
ACARICIDES
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AH
anatomy & histology
CH
chemistry
CL
classification
CY
cytology
DE
drug effects
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
GE
genetics
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
PS
parasitology
PY
pathogenicity
PH
physiology
RE
radiation effects
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
14375
Unique Identifier:
D013987
Occurrence in VHL
:
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