tick
Friday, October 29th, 2010Tick is the common name for any of the small, bloodsucking, parasitic arachnids (class Arachnida) in the families Ixodidae (hard ticks) and Argasidae (soft ticks), as well as the family Nuttalliellidae that contains but one known species, a rare tick. [1]
After the egg hatches, the tiny larva (sometimes called a ’seed tick’) feeds on an appropriate host. [2]
To mark or check off (a listed item) with a tick: ticked off each name as the roll was called. [3]
One good point is that if you use the personal protection system known as the DOD system you will be protecting yourself and family at levels nearly 100% from both the tick AND the mosquito. [4]
A tick is part of the arachnid family, which also includes mites, spiders, and scorpions. [5]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded a $77,000 contract to the University of Rhode Island’s Center for Vector-Borne Disease to evaluate the feasibility of targeting deer with tick control interventions as a way of reducing the incidence of human Lyme Disease. [6]
They don’t feed often, but when they do, they can acquire disease agents form one host and pass it to another host at a later feeding. [4]
One of the diseases that deer ticks can carry is Lyme disease, especially in New England and parts of the Midwest. [5]
Ticks are second only to mosquitoes as vectors of human disease, both infectious and toxic (Edlow 2005). [1]
Ticks are a vector for a number of diseases including Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and other tick-borne disease. [...] They are especially common in areas where there are deer trails or human tracks. [7]
Hard ticks can transmit human diseases such as Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia, equine encephalitis, Colorado tick fever, and several forms of ehrlichiosis. [...] For example, nearly 90 percent of all Lyme disease (caused by the Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium) cases have been reported in the Northeastern part of the United States (RIDOH 2006a); only specific deer ticks carry that disease (RIDOH 2006b). [1]
On Tuesday, we stopped on South Road on the way to URI in order to check for adult stage Deer ticks. [6]
Mosquitoes may be the single largest carriers of infection but ticks are right behind them with a long list of debilitating diseases. [4]
Sources:
[1] Tick - New World Encyclopedia
[2] Common Ticks
[3] tick - definition of tick by the Free Online Dictionary …
[4] Safety Consulting Services
[5] Hey! A Tick Bit Me!
[6] TickEncounter Resource Center - Welcome
[7] Tick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia