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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Bibliographic Details
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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