TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Tick Removal A1 - Krass, Laurie A1 - Amin, Dhara Patel A2 - Reichman, Eric F. Y1 - 2018 N1 - T2 - Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e AB - Ticks are blood-feeding external parasites that pose a significant infectious disease risk to humans and animals worldwide (Figure 123-1). They have been implicated as vectors in the transmission of more than 200 pathogens (e.g., babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tick-borne relapsing fever, tick paralysis, and tularemia).1-3 Disease transmission occurs when stomach contents and saliva from the tick are introduced into the host during the blood-feeding process. Transmission of infectious agents by ticks is closely related to the duration of tick attachment and blood-feeding. Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne illness in the United States.4 The risk of contracting it increases significantly once a tick has remained attached for more than 24 to 36 hours.5,6 This is the time required for bacteria to migrate from the midgut of a tick to the salivary glands.5-7The prevention of disease transmission relies on early and effective removal of attached ticks.8-11 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159803156 ER -