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TICK paralysis, as reviewed by Abbott1, is a disease affecting man, cattle, sheep and dogs in many parts of the world. Here, in the Pacific north-west, the causative tick is Dermacentor andersoni Stiles. The symptoms are characterized by an ascending flaccid paralysis progressing ultimately to bulbar involvement and death due to respiratory failure. It begins after the female tick has been feeding for some days (usually 4–7) and is reversible on the removal of the tick.
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ROSE, I., GREGSON, J. Evidence of a Neuromuscular Block in Tick Paralysis. Nature 178, 95–96 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178095a0
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