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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 29807 |
| CIS number |
78-1406 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
National Safety News |
| Year |
1978 |
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| Title |
Tick bites. |
| Bibliographic information |
Data Sheet 669, National Safety Council, 444 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 1978. Chicago, USA, Apr. 1978. p.67-69. Illus. |
| Abstract |
Description of the insects (Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor variabilis, Amblyomma americanum) and of the diseases they transmit to man (Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Colorado tick fever, relapsing fever, tularaemia, tick paralysis). Use of insect repellents and vaccines, precautions (appropriate clothing for people working in tick-infested areas, daily inspections of body skin, etc.) and first aid are explained. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
USA; acarid infections; tick-borne rickettsial fever; acarids |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
tularaemia; data sheet; first aid; rocky mountain spotted fever |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Subject(s) |
Environmental pollution
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| Browse category(ies) |
Animal hazards
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
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