[Tick-borne diseases].
Due to their worldwide distribution, from hottest to coldest climates, and due to their behaviour, ticks are capable of transmitting numerous human and animal bacterial viral or parasitous diseases. Depending on the disease, they play the role of biological vector or intermediate host. In France, six tick borne diseases are of epidemiologic importance. Q fever (not often tick-borne), Mediterranean Spotted Fever, Lyme disease, Turalemia (human and animal), Babesiosis and Tick-borne Viral Encephalitis.
Tissot Dupont
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Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille.
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D000818:Animals; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission
Maladies transmises par les tiques.