Tick paralysis: another lethal tick-borne disease.
1979
J R Zanga
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D007223
Infant
A child between 1 and 23 months of age.
Infants
D005260
Female
Females
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013985
Tick Paralysis
Paralysis caused by a neurotropic toxin secreted by the salivary glands of ticks.
Paralyses, Tick,Paralysis, Tick,Tick Paralyses
D013986
Tick Toxicoses
Toxicoses caused by toxic substances secreted by the salivary glands of ticks; include tick paralysis (neurotropic toxin), sweating sickness (dermotropic toxin), and Rhipicephalus appendiculatus toxicosis (leukotropic toxin).
Toxicoses, Tick
D014768
Virginia
State bounded on the north by Maryland and West Virginia, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, the Chesapeake Bay and Maryland, and on the south by North Carolina and Tennessee, and on the west by Kentucky and West Virginia.