After the tick was removed, the patient improved, indicating a diagnosis of tick paralysis (TP). The tick should be grasped with blunt, angled forceps as close as possible to the skin and to the ...

engorged tick caused flaccid paralysis progressing to asphyxiation in a child. By 1921, Dodd had established a definitive link between an engorged tick and clinical disease in 3 dogs, and showed ...

A domestic British case of a potentially deadly virus spread by blood-sucking ticks, has been confirmed for the first time, experts say. Called tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) it mainly ...