Tick paralysis cases in Argentina

Tick paralysis (TP) occurs worldwide and is caused by a neurotoxin secreted by engorged female ticks that affects the peripheral and central nervous system. The clinical manifestations range from mild or nonspecific symptoms to manifestations similar to Guillain-Barré syndrome, bulbar involvement, a...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Author: Carlos Remondegui
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2012
Subjects:
Doenças por carrapato
Paralisia por carrapato
Rickettsias
Argentina
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Barré
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822012000400025
https://doaj.org/article/a34545fb2381435fab442576011df456
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Summary:Tick paralysis (TP) occurs worldwide and is caused by a neurotoxin secreted by engorged female ticks that affects the peripheral and central nervous system. The clinical manifestations range from mild or nonspecific symptoms to manifestations similar to Guillain-Barré syndrome, bulbar involvement, and death in 10% of the patients. The diagnosis of TP is clinical. To our knowledge, there are no formal reports of TP in humans in South America, although clusters of TP among hunting dogs in Argentina have been identified recently. In this paper, clinical features of two cases of TP occurring during 1994 in Jujuy Province, Argentina, are described.

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