tick-borne disease
Arachnid-spread infection
A tick-borne disease is an illness transmitted through tick bites.
Ticks carry bacteria, viruses, and parasites that enter the bloodstream when they attach to feed.
Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in North America; others include Rocky Mountain spotted fever and babesiosis.
The doctor suspected a tick-borne disease after seeing the characteristic rash.
- joint painAche at skeletal junctures
- bitePierce with teeth
- bullseyeExact center target
- vectorQuantity with direction
- blood testDiagnostic fluid analysis
transmission vector
tick-borne diseaseairborne disease
Pathogen spread by inhalation
contagious disease · respiratory illness · measles · communicable disease · chickenpox
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