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  1. Tick Bites (National Library of Medicine)  
    What are ticks? Ticks are small parasites. They may look like insects, but they have eight legs and are related to spiders. Ticks feed on the blood of people and warm- ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/tickbites.html - Health Topics
  2. Colorado tick fever 
    Colorado tick fever (CTF) is a viral infection. It is spread by the bite of the Rocky Mountain wood tick ( Dermacentor andersoni ). ... meters). The CTF virus is transmitted by a tick bite or, in very rare cases, by a ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000675.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. An Uptick in Ticks: Don't Let Ticks Make You Sick From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    ... the outdoors this summer? Learn ways to keep ticks from taking a big bite out of warm- ...
    https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2023/06/uptick-ticks - External Health Links
  4. Lyme Disease (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... you get from the bite of an infected tick. At first, Lyme disease usually causes symptoms such ... to humans through the bite of an infected tick. The ticks that spread it are blacklegged ticks ( ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/lymedisease.html - Health Topics
  5. Tick paralysis 
    Tick paralysis is a loss of muscle function that results from a tick bite . ... Hard-bodied and soft-bodied female ticks are believed to make a poison that can cause paralysis in children. Ticks attach to the skin to feed on blood. The ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001359.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Tick bite 
    Ticks are bugs that can attach to you as you brush past bushes, plants, and grass. Once on you, ticks often move to a warm, moist place on ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002856.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Tick removal 
    Ticks are small, insect-like creatures that live in woods and fields. They attach to you as ... past bushes, plants, and grass. Once on you, ticks often move to a warm, moist location. They ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007211.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Where Ticks Live (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    Tick Bites/Related Issues ... Tick Bites ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... Maps showing the general distribution of medically important human-biting ...
    https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/about/where-ticks-live.html - External Health Links
  9. Preventing Tick Bites (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    Lyme Disease/Prevention and Risk Factors ... Lyme Disease ... Tick Bites/Prevention and Risk Factors ... Tick Bites ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... Reducing ...
    https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/prevention - External Health Links
  10. Tick Paralysis (American Lyme Disease Foundation)  
    Tick Bites/Specifics ... Tick Bites ... American Lyme Disease Foundation ... Tick Paralysis is caused by over 40 species of ticks worldwide (five in North America, including ...
    https://aldf.com/tick-paralysis - External Health Links
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