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
Management of tick bites in Australia
Strategies to administer first aid for tick bites.
Australian endemic tick-borne diseases – Flinders Island spotted fever
Epidemiology, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Flinders Island spotted fever.
Paralysis from tick bites
Symptoms, causes, risk factors and prevention of tick paralysis.
Australian endemic tick-borne diseases – Queensland tick typhus
Epidemiology, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Queensland Tick Typhus.
Health sector resources
Health sector resources
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.
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.
Prevention and management of tick bites in Australia
This document covers prevention and management of tick bites for people living in Australia.
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.
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