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PRINCIPAL DISEASES VECTORED

 

TO HUMANS BY TICKS

 

(Table derived & updated from Matheson 1950)

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DISEASE

PATHOGEN

VECTORS

DISTRIBUTION

 

 

 

 

Tick Paralysis

Resembles Poliomyelitis

Dermacentor andersoni, D. variabilix, Ixodes holocycius, I. pilosus, I. ricinus

Australia, Europe, India, South Africa, North America

 

 

 

 

Relapsing Fever

Spirochaeta spp.

Ornithodoros spp.

Widespread worldwide

 

 

 

 

Rocky Mountain Fever

Rickettsia rickettsii

Dermacentor andersoni,, D. parumapertus, D. variabilis, D. occidentalis, Amblyomma americanum, A. cajennense, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Ornithodoros parkeri, O. nicollei, Haemaphysalis leporis-palustris

Mexico, North America, South America

 

 

 

 

Australian "Q" Fever

Coxiella (Rickettsia) burneti

Ixodes holocyclus, Haemaphysalis humerosa

Australia, Europe, United States?

 

 

 

 

Nine-Mile Fever

Coxiella (Rickettsia)  diaporica

Dermacentor andersoni,, D. occidentalis, Otobius megnini, Ornithodoros moubata, O. hermsi, Amblyomma americanum, Rhipicephalus sanguineus

North & Central America

 

 

 

 

Boutonneuse Fever

Rickettsia rickettsi conori

Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Mediterrean area, North Africa

 

 

 

 

African Tick Bite Fever

Rickettsia rickettsi pijperi

Amblyomma hebraeum, Haemaphysalis leachi

Southern Africa

 

 

 

 

Colorado Tick Fever

Coltivirus

Dermacentor andersoni,

Intermountain Area of Western United States

 

 

 

 

Bullis Fever

Virus (unidentified)

Amblyomma americanum

Southern Great Plains of United States

 

 

 

 

Tick Typhus

Rickettsia bacteria

Dermacentor nuttali +

 

 

 

 

 

Tularemia

Pasteurella tularensis

Dermacentor andersoni,, D. parumapertus, D. variabilis, D. occidentalis, D. marginatus, Haemaphysalis leporis-palustris

Europe,  Russia, Middle East, North Africa, Japan, North America

 

 

 

 

Russian Encephalitis

Virus (unidentified)

Ixodes persulcatus, Dermacentor silvarum, Haemaphysalis concinna, H. japonica, Ixodes ricinus

Siberia, Europe, Karelia

 

 

 

 

St. Louis Encephalitis

Virus

Dermacentor variabilis

Middle & Western United States