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2. Most tick bites go unnoticed. Here's how to identify and ...

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   In some cases, your doctor might be able to prescribe prophylactic antibiotics after a tick bite, she adds. Specifically, if the tick that bit you looked engorged with blood, ...

3. Post-exposure prophylaxis - Wikipedia

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   A single 200 milligram oral dose of doxycycline may be used within 3 days of a deer tick bite in a high risk area (such as New England), if the tick was attached for at least 36 hours. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] [ 32 ]

4. Antibiotic prophylaxis - Wikipedia

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   Antibiotic prophylaxis in domestic animal feed mixes has been employed in America since at least 1970. [1] Over time, the use of antibiotics for growth promotion purposes in livestock was discovered. In 1986, some European countries banned the use of antibiotics because of research they found that linked antibiotic use in livestock and drug ...

5. Rickettsia parkeri - Wikipedia

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   The organism is found in the Western Hemisphere and is transmitted via the bite of hard ticks of the genus Amblyomma. R. parkeri causes mild spotted fever disease in humans, whose most common signs and symptoms are fever, an eschar at the site of tick attachment, rash, headache, and muscle aches.

6. Never ignore a tick bite if it looks like this - AOL

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   The tick bite itself will likely be so small and painless (just a little red dot, if anything) that you won’t actually notice it, says Qurat Mudassar, MD, an infectious disease specialist and ...

7. Tick-borne disease - Wikipedia

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   Tick-borne diseases, which afflict humans and other animals, are caused by infectious agents transmitted by tick bites. [1] They are caused by infection with a variety of pathogens , including rickettsia and other types of bacteria , viruses , and protozoa . [ 2 ]

8. Human granulocytic anaplasmosis - Wikipedia

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   Human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) is a tick-borne, infectious disease caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum, an obligate intracellular bacterium that is typically transmitted to humans by ticks of the Ixodes ricinus species complex, including Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus in North America.

9. Rickettsia rickettsii - Wikipedia

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   There are no vaccines to prevent RMSF. Due to increased antibiotic resistance preemptive antibiotic prophylaxis is strongly discouraged in the United States. [48] When coming into contact with vectors, specifically ticks, there are additional preventative measures that can be taken. Many ticks are present in dense bush, grass, and wooded areas.