Ixodidae (hard ticks)

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Introduction

Includes dog ticks & deer ticks.

Pathology

  • ticks attach & feed painlessly
  • blood is their only food
  • secretions produce local reactions, febrile illness or paralysis

Clinical manifestations

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References

  1. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed. Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 935