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PRINCIPAL DISEASES VECTORED
TO HUMANS BY TICKS
(Table
derived & updated from Matheson 1950)
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DISEASE
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PATHOGEN
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VECTORS
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DISTRIBUTION
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Tick
Paralysis
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Resembles Poliomyelitis
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Dermacentor andersoni, D. variabilix, Ixodes holocycius, I. pilosus, I. ricinus
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Australia, Europe, India, South Africa, North
America
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Relapsing
Fever
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Spirochaeta spp.
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Ornithodoros spp.
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Widespread worldwide
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Rocky
Mountain Fever
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Rickettsia rickettsii
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Dermacentor andersoni,, D. parumapertus, D. variabilis, D. occidentalis, Amblyomma americanum, A. cajennense, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Ornithodoros parkeri, O.
nicollei, Haemaphysalis leporis-palustris
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Mexico, North America, South America
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Australian "Q" Fever
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Coxiella (Rickettsia) burneti
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Ixodes holocyclus, Haemaphysalis
humerosa
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Australia, Europe, United States?
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Nine-Mile Fever
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Coxiella (Rickettsia) diaporica
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Dermacentor andersoni,, D. occidentalis, Otobius megnini, Ornithodoros moubata, O. hermsi, Amblyomma americanum, Rhipicephalus sanguineus
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North & Central America
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Boutonneuse Fever
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Rickettsia rickettsi conori
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Rhipicephalus sanguineus
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Mediterrean area, North Africa
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African
Tick Bite Fever
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Rickettsia rickettsi pijperi
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Amblyomma
hebraeum, Haemaphysalis
leachi
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Southern Africa
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Colorado
Tick Fever
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Coltivirus
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Dermacentor andersoni,
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Intermountain Area of Western United States
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Bullis
Fever
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Virus (unidentified)
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Amblyomma americanum
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Southern Great Plains of United States
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Tick
Typhus
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Rickettsia bacteria
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Dermacentor nuttali +
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Tularemia
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Pasteurella tularensis
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Dermacentor andersoni,, D. parumapertus, D. variabilis, D. occidentalis, D. marginatus, Haemaphysalis
leporis-palustris
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Europe,
Russia, Middle East, North Africa, Japan, North America
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Russian Encephalitis
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Virus (unidentified)
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Ixodes persulcatus,
Dermacentor silvarum, Haemaphysalis
concinna, H. japonica, Ixodes
ricinus
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Siberia, Europe, Karelia
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St.
Louis Encephalitis
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Virus
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Dermacentor variabilis
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Middle & Western United States
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