- eMedicineHealth: Ticks
Provides an overview of ticks and the causes, symptoms, and treatment of tick-related illnesses.
www.emedicinehealth.com/ticks/article_em.htm
- Hey! A Tick Bit Me!
What to do, and how to avoid being bitten in the first place. From KidsHealth.
www.kidshealth.org/kid/watch/out/tick.html
- MedlinePlus: Tick Bites
Collection of links to resources about tick bites, symptoms of diseases that ticks can transmit, and more.
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tickbites.html
- National Center for Infectious Diseases: Tickborne Diseases
Offers links to fact sheets for illnesses commonly transmitted by ticks, including Lyme Disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and Tick Typhus.
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/list_tickborne.htm
- Tick Tips Spotlight
Explains how to protect yourself and your family from diseases that you can get from a tick bite. From the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/ticktips2005
- Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases in Texas
Featuring information about ticks, the diseases they transmit, prevention, removal, and more.
www.ticktexas.org
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