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Tick paralysis is a type of paralysis caused by specific types of attached ticks. Unlike tick-borne diseases caused by infectious organisms, the illness is caused by a neurotoxin produced in the tick's salivary gland. After prolonged attachment, the engorged tick transmits the toxin to its host. The incidence of tick paralysis is unknown.
The hedgehog tick is dark brown in color, but appears light grey or white when engorged. It can be identified by the humped tarsae of its first pair of legs. The adult female has a characteristic heart- or hexagon-shaped scutum; the male's scutum covers the entire body segment (idiosoma), as is typical for hard ticks. A lateral groove runs ...
The Ixodidae are the family of hard ticks or scale ticks, [1] one of the three families of ticks, consisting of over 700 species. They are known as 'hard ticks' because they have a scutum or hard shield, which the other major family of ticks, the 'soft ticks' ( Argasidae ), lack.
In a September 2023 study, researchers identified a protein that appears to play a big part in how some ticks — including the deer tick and the Western blacklegged tick — get infected by the ...
Ixodes ricinus, the castor bean tick, is a chiefly European species of hard-bodied tick. It may reach a length of 11 mm (0.43 in) when engorged with a blood meal, and can transmit both bacterial and viral pathogens such as the causative agents of Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis .
Ohio residents reported nearly 1,300 cases of Lyme disease in 2023, more than twice the number in 2022. Along with Rocky Mountain spotted fever, it's the most common tickborne illness found in ...
May is the beginning of the state’s high tick season, a University of Kentucky entomologist said. It’s officially tick season in Kentucky. Here’s what you can do to protect yourself.
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