tick-borne infectious disease Bacterial, viral, or parasitic diseases transmitted to humans and animals by the bite of infected ticks. The families Ixodidae and Argasidae contain many bloodsucking species that are important pests of man and domestic birds and mammals and probably exceed all other arthropods in the number and variety of disease agents they transmit. Many of the tick-borne diseases are zoonotic. Tick-borne disease infection, Tick-borne diseases, Tick-borne infections, Tick borne MESH:D017282 Tick-borne infections infections, Tick-borne UMLS:C0162700 MONDO:0025294 Tick-borne infection MEDGEN:56488 disease, Tick-borne Tick borne diseases Tick borne infections vector-borne disease