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Tick bite diseases and symptoms attributed to tick bites

Some Australians suffer from the symptoms of a chronic debilitating illness, which many associate with a tick bite. We describe these people as having debilitating symptom complexes attributed to ticks (DSCATT). Find out how we support people with DSCATT.

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  • Ticks and disease in Australia

    Find out about diseases Australian ticks can carry.
  • Support for patients

    How we support people with symptoms attributed to ticks.
  • Our work on tick bite–associated illnesses

    What we are doing about ticks and related conditions.
  • Clinical pathway for health professionals

    The clinical pathway supports doctors to make diagnoses and referrals for patients.
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Resources

  • Preliminary findings from tick biomarker research in Australia

    Preliminary findings from tick biomarker research in Australia

    26 May 2022
    Publication
  • Cover image of the Australian endemic tick-borne diseases – Q fever fact sheet

    Australian endemic tick-borne diseases – Q fever

    10 March 2022
    Publication
  • Cover image of the literature review to support the debilitating symptom complexes attributed to tick clinical pathway

    Literature review to support the debilitating symptom complexes attributed to ticks clinical pathway

    1 December 2020
    Publication
  • Cover image of the debilitating symptom complexes attributed to ticks clinical pathway

    Debilitating symptom complexes attributed to ticks (DSCATT) clinical pathway

    15 October 2020
    Publication
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