TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 99. Tick Removal
A1  - Reichman, Eric F.
PY  - 2013
T2  - Emergency Medicine Procedures, 2e
AB  - Ticks  are  blood-feeding  external  parasites  (Figure  99-1).  Ticks  are  a  significant  infectious  disease  problem  in  the  United  States  as  well  as  worldwide.  They  have  been  implicated  as  vectors  in  the  transmission  of  many  diseases  including  Lyme  disease,  ehrlichiosis,  babesiosis,  Rocky  Mountain  spotted  fever,  tularemia,  tick  paralysis,  and  tick-borne  relapsing  fever.  Disease  transmission  is  postulated  to  occur  when  stomach  contents  and  saliva  from  the  tick  are  introduced  into  the  host  during  the  blood-feeding  process.  There  is  significance  in  how  long  a  tick  has  been  attached  and  how  quickly  a  feeding  tick  can  be  removed  to  the  transmission  of  tick-borne  diseases.  Early  removal  is  felt  to  limit  the  transmission  of  disease.  For  example,  current  entomological  thinking  suggests  that  the  tick  must  be  attached  for  at  least  24  hours  in  order  to  transmit  B.  burgdorferi,  the  spirochete  responsible  for  Lyme  disease.1  
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PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/23
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57710886
ER  -