Ticks and Tick Borne Diseases


Ticks are small arachnids, ectoparasites living by feeding on the blood of mammals, birds, and sometimes reptiles and amphibians. Tick-borne diseases, which afflict humans and animals, are caused by infectious agents transmitted by tick bites. Tick-borne ailments are caused by contamination with an assortment of pathogens, including rickettsia and different sorts of bacteria, viruses, and protozoa since singular ticks can harbor in excess of one ailment causing agent, patients can be tainted with in excess of one pathogen at the same time, compounding the trouble in analysis and treatment.


    Ticks and Tick Borne Diseases Conference Speakers

      Recommended Sessions

      Related Journals

      Are you interested in