tick infestation

Term ID

DOID:4109

Synonyms

Definition

A parasitic ectoparasitic infectious disease that involves parasitic infestation of blood feeding ticks of the families Ixodidae and Argasidae on animals and humans. Ticks are vectors of a number diseases, including Lyme disease, Q fever, Colorado tick fever, tularemia, tick-borne relapsing fever, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis and tick-borne meningoencephalitis, as well as anaplasmosis in cattle and canine jaundice. (2)

References

• MESH:D013984
• UMLS_CUI:C0040196

Ontology

Human Disease   ( DOID:4109 )