DO_infectious_disease_slim DO_rare_slim has symptom tick paralysis MESH:D013985 A tick infestation that is characterized by an acute, ascending, flaccid motor paralysis, which is caused by the introduction of a neurotoxin into humans during attachment and feeding by the females of several tick species such as Dermacentor andersoni, Dermacentor variabilis, Amblyomma americanum, Amblyomma maculatum, Ixodes scapularis, Ixodes pacificus, Ixodes holocyclus, Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Otobius megnini. The symptoms include local inflammation, edema and hemorrhage. MESH:D013985 DOID:11285 SNOMEDCT_US_2025_09_01:74225001 UMLS_CUI:C0040197 disease_ontology GARD:7771 tick infestation flaccidity hemorrhage flaccid paralysis edema