"Ticks" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Blood-sucking acarid parasites of the order Ixodida comprising two families: the softbacked ticks (ARGASIDAE) and hardbacked ticks (IXODIDAE). Ticks are larger than their relatives, the MITES. They penetrate the skin of their host by means of highly specialized, hooked mouth parts and feed on its blood. Ticks attack all groups of terrestrial vertebrates. In humans they are responsible for many TICK-BORNE DISEASES, including the transmission of ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TULAREMIA; BABESIOSIS; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; and RELAPSING FEVER. (From Barnes, Invertebrate Zoology, 5th ed, pp543-44)
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D013987
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.166.132.832
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ticks" by people in Profiles.
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Rapid Discovery and Detection of Haemaphysalis longicornis through the Use of Passive Surveillance and Collaboration: Building a State Tick-Surveillance Network. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 07 28; 18(15).
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Natural product studies of U.S. endangered plants: volatile components of Lindera melissifolia (Lauraceae) repel mosquitoes and ticks. Phytochemistry. 2012 Aug; 80:28-36.
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What's eating you? Hyalomma ticks. Cutis. 2011 Apr; 87(4):165-7.
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Southern tick-associated rash illness: erythema migrans is not always Lyme disease. South Med J. 2008 Jul; 101(7):759-60.
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Human infestation by larval Amblyomma ticks. Arch Dermatol. 2006 Apr; 142(4):497-500.
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Prevention of arthropod-related disease. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2004 Dec; 51(6):947-54.
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What's eating you? Amblyomma ticks (Amblyomma americanum). Cutis. 2000 Oct; 66(4):240-2.
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What's eating you? Rhipicephalus ticks. Cutis. 2000 Aug; 66(2):103-6.
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Perinatal transmission of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis. N Engl J Med. 1998 Dec 24; 339(26):1941-2; author reply 1942-3.
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Specific factor Xa inhibition reduces restenosis after balloon angioplasty of atherosclerotic femoral arteries in rabbits. Circulation. 1994 Mar; 89(3):1262-71.