Tick paralysis--Washington, 1995.
Tick paralysis (tick toxicosis)--one of the eight most common tickborne diseases in the United States (1)--is an acute, ascending, flaccid motor paralysis that can be confused with Guillain-Barre syndrome, botulism, and myasthenia gravis. This report summarizes the results of the investigation of a case of tick paralysis in Washington.
D000818:Animals; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000175:diagnosis; D013985:Tick Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D014861:Washington / Q000453:epidemiology