Bacterial, viral, or parasitic diseases transmitted to humans and animals by the bite of infected ticks. The families Ixodidae and Argasidae contain many bloodsucking species that are important pests of man and domestic birds and mammals and probably exceed all other arthropods in the number and variety of disease agents they transmit. Many of the tick-borne diseases are zoonotic.
Also Known As:
Tick-Borne Disease; Tick-Borne Infections; Infections, Tick-Borne; Borne Disease, Tick; Borne Diseases, Tick; Disease, Tick Borne; Disease, Tick-Borne; Diseases, Tick Borne; Diseases, Tick-Borne; Infection, Tick-Borne; Infections, Tick Borne; Tick Borne Diseases; Tick Borne Infection; Tick Borne Infections; Tick Borne Disease; Tick-Borne Infection