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Descriptor English: Ticks
Descriptor Spanish: Garrapatas
Descriptor garrapatas
Entry term(s) Ixodida
Scope note: PARÁSITOS acáridos hematófagos del orden Ixodida, que comprende dos familias: IXODIDAE (garrapatas duras) y ARGASIDAE (garrapatas blandas). Las garrapatas son más grandes que sus parientes, los ÁCAROS. Penetran en la piel de sus huéspedes gracias a partes bucales muy especializadas, en forma de gancho, alimentándose de su sangre. Las garrapatas atacan a todos los grupos de vertebrados terrestres. En los seres humanos producen muchas ENFERMEDADES POR PICADURAS DE GARRAPATAS, como la FIEBRE MACULOSA DE LAS MONTAÑAS ROCOSAS, la TULAREMIA, la BABESIOSIS, la FIEBRE PORCINA AFRICANA y la FIEBRE RECURRENTE. (Traducción libre del original: Barnes, Invertebrate Zoology, 5ª ed, pp. 543-44)
Descriptor Portuguese: Carrapatos
Descriptor French: Tiques
Entry term(s): Ixodida
Ixodidas
Tick
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.131.166.132.832
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013987
Scope note: 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)
Annotation: TICK BITES, TICK TOXICOSES and TICK PARALYSIS are available; tick vectors = ARACHNID VECTORS (IM) + TICKS (IM); infection = TICK INFESTATIONS; for chemicals for killing or controlling ticks use ACARICIDES
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 14375
Unique ID: D013987
NLM Classification: QX 479
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Ticks - Preferred
Concept UI M0021524
Scope note 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)
Preferred term Ticks
Entry term(s) Ixodida
Ixodidas
Tick



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