Tick paralysis in Australia caused by Ixodes holocyclus Neumann

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-106

  Hall Mendelin, S ^a   Craig, S B ^b,c   Hall, R A ^a   O'Donoghue, P ^a   Atwell, R B ^a   Tulsiani, S M ^b   Graham, G C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTITOXIN; ARGAS WALKERAE ANTIBODY; HOLOCYCLOTOXIN; IXODES HOLOCYCLUS ANTIGEN; IXODES HOLOCYCLUS TOXIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEUROTOXIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; RHIPICEPHALUS EVERTSI ANTIBODY; SALIVA PROTEIN; SALIVARY GLAND EXTRACT; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARGAS; ARGAS WALKERAE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASYSTOLE; ATAXIA; AUSTRALIA; BOTULISM; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG CROSS REACTIVITY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGENICITY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; IXODES HOLOCYCLUS; LETHARGY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYELITIS; MYOCARDITIS; NATURAL HOST; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA; PARALYSIS; PARASITE VECTOR; PORPHYRIA; PROTECTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS EVERTSI; RICKETTSIA; SLURRED SPEECH; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TICK; TICK BITE; TICK INFESTATION; UNSTEADINESS; WEAKNESS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; INFANT; IXODES; TICK PARALYSIS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; TOXOIDS;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; IXODES HOLOCYCLUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 79952649586     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485911X12899838413628     Document Type: Review

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