Tick borne illnesses

Background

Lone Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum)

Ixodes tick

Tick Identification

• Ixodida (ticks)
  • Nuttalliellidae (a southern African tick)
  • Ixodidae (hard ticks)
  • Argasidae (soft ticks)

Clinical Features

Tick Borne Illnesses

• Babesiosis
• Colorado tick fever
• Ehrlichiosis
• Heartland virus
• Lyme
• Murine typhus
• Rocky mountain spotted fever
• Southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI)
• Tick paralysis
• Tularemia

Differential Diagnosis

Domestic U.S. Ectoparasites

• Bed bugs
• Lice
• Scabies (Mites)
• Ticks
• Fleas
• Pseudoparasites
• Delusional parasitosis (Ekbom syndrome)

See also travel-related skin conditions

See Also

• Tick removal

External Links

• Muhammad Durrani, "Emerging Tick-Borne Illnesses: Not Just Lyme Disease Part 1", REBEL EM blog, November 2, 2020. Available at: https://rebelem.com/emerging-tick-borne-illnesses-not-just-lyme-disease-part-1/ (includes diagnosis flowchart)