Argassid Health Dictionary

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A family of ticks – the soft ticks or tampans. Vectors of Endemic relapsing fever.
Health Source: Dictionary of Tropical Medicine
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Borrelia

A genus of spirochaetes causing Lyme Disease (Borrelia burgdorferi) and Relapsing fever (B. recurrentis; B. duttoni). These zoonotic infections are transmitted through the bites of argassid ticks (tampans).... borrelia

Ornithodoros

A genus of soft ticks (argassids or tampans). Includes the species O. moubata that transmits relapsing fever caused by Borrelia duttoni.... ornithodoros

Tampan

A soft tick (Argassid). The genus Ornithodoros are vectors of endemic relapsing fever due to Borrelia recurrentis (= B. duttoni).... tampan

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