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  1. Tick Bites (National Library of Medicine)  
    What are ticks? Ticks are small parasites. They may look like insects, but they have eight legs and are related to spiders. Ticks feed on the blood of people and warm- ...
  2. Colorado tick fever (CTF) is a viral infection. It is spread by the bite of the Rocky Mountain wood tick ( Dermacentor andersoni ). ... meters). The CTF virus is transmitted by a tick bite or, in very rare cases, by a ...
  3. An Uptick in Ticks: Don't Let Ticks Make You Sick From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Tick Bites/Start Here ... Tick Bites ... National Institutes of Health ... From the National Institutes of Health ... Enjoying the outdoors this summer? Learn ways to keep ...
  4. Lyme Disease (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... you get from the bite of an infected tick. At first, Lyme disease usually causes symptoms such ... to humans through the bite of an infected tick. The ticks that spread it are blacklegged ticks ( ...
  5. Tick paralysis is a loss of muscle function that results from a tick bite . ... Hard-bodied and soft-bodied female ticks are believed to make a poison that can cause paralysis in children. Ticks attach to the skin to feed on blood. The ...
  6. Ticks are bugs that can attach to you as you brush past bushes, plants, and grass. Once on you, ticks often move to a warm, moist place on ...
  7. Ticks are small, insect-like creatures that live in woods and fields. They attach to you as ... past bushes, plants, and grass. Once on you, ticks often move to a warm, moist location. They ...
  8. ... a bacterial infection transmitted by a louse or tick. It is characterized by repeated episodes of fever. ... There are two major forms of relapsing fever: Tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) is transmitted by the ...
  9. Ticks are small, insect-like creatures that live in woods and fields. They can attach to people ... as they brush past bushes, plants, and grass. Ticks can be fairly large, as big as a ...
  10. Stop Ticks to Avoid Lyme and Other Tickborne Diseases (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    ... a tickborne disease by using repellents, checking for ticks, and showering after being outdoors. If you have a tick bite followed by a fever or rash, seek ...
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