TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Ticks A1 - Zafren, Ken A1 - Thurman, R. Jason A1 - Jones, Ian D. A2 - Knoop, Kevin J. A2 - Stack, Lawrence B. A2 - Storrow, Alan B. A2 - Thurman, R. Jason Y1 - 2021 N1 - T2 - The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e AB - Ticks are blood-sucking parasites of people and animals. Ticks cause illness by acting as vectors for pathogens or by secreting toxins or venoms. Ticks carry more types of infectious pathogens than any other arthropods except mosquitoes. The most important pathogens include Borrelia (responsible for Lyme disease and relapsing fever), Rickettsia, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), Ehrlichia (ehrlichiosis), viral pathogens, such as Colorado tick fever, and babesiosis. Rashes are prominent in Lyme disease, RMSF, and southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI), sometimes present in relapsing fever, uncommon in Colorado tick fever, and absent in babesiosis. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181050997 ER -