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Australian endemic tick-borne diseases – Queensland tick typhus
Epidemiology, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Queensland Tick Typhus.
Australian endemic tick-borne diseases – Q fever
Epidemiology, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Q Fever.
Australian endemic tick-borne diseases – Flinders Island spotted fever
Epidemiology, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Flinders Island spotted fever.
Australian endemic tick-borne diseases – Australian spotted fever
Epidemiology, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Australian spotted fever.
Overseas acquired tick-borne diseases – Lyme disease
Epidemiology, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme Disease.
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.
Australian ticks and the medical problems they can cause
Tick biology and tick-borne diseases.
Management of tick bites in Australia
Strategies to administer first aid for tick bites.
Preliminary findings from tick biomarker research in Australia
This document summarises preliminary findings from a study to identify possible biomarkers for Debilitating Symptom Complex Attributed to Ticks (DSCATT). The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) completed this project in July 2021.
Australian endemic tick-borne diseases – Q fever
This fact sheet provides information on Q fever in Australia.
Inquiry into an emerging tick-borne disease that causes a Lyme-like illness
Australian Government response to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee final report: Inquiry into the growing evidence of an emerging tick-borne disease that causes a Lyme-like illness for many Australian patients
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