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.
Public resources
Public resources
Prevention of tick bites in Australia
Strategies to prevent tick bites in people/pets.
Serious allergic reactions to tick bites
Symptoms, features and treatment of tick anaphylaxis.
Paralysis from tick bites
Symptoms, causes, risk factors and prevention of tick paralysis.
Overseas acquired tick-borne diseases – Lyme disease
Epidemiology, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme Disease.
Health sector resources
Health sector resources
Australian endemic tick-borne diseases
This document covers Australian tick-borne diseases.
Overseas-acquired tick-borne diseases: Lyme disease
This document provides evidence-based guidance for clinicians in community and hospital settings, as well as providing a reference source on DSCATT topics. This Guidance Note covers overseas-acquired Lyme disease.
Introduction to ticks, Australian ticks and tick-borne diseases and illnesses
This document introduces the major concepts, issues and diseases and illnesses related to ticks, globally and in Australia.
Tick-induced allergies: tick anaphylaxis and mammalian meat allergy/anaphylaxis Tick-associated toxicosis and paralysis
This document covers the evidence on the currently recognised severe tick-induced allergies.
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