Key references: Tick bite

  • Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA). Tick Allergy web page. Sydney: ASCIA; 2019.
  • Eisen L. Pathogen transmission in relation to duration of attachment by Ixodes scapularis ticks. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2018;9(3):535-42. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29398603
  • Emergency Care Institute (ECI) New South Wales. Tick Bite Management web page. Sydney: ECI; Accessed August 2021.
  • Graves SR, Gerrard J, Coghill S. Q fever following a tick bite. Aust J Gen Pract 2020;49(12):823-5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33254210
  • Hall-Mendelin S, Craig SB, Hall RA, O'Donoghue P, Atwell RB, Tulsiani SM, et al. Tick paralysis in Australia caused by Ixodes holocyclus Neumann. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 2011;105(2):95-106. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21396246
  • Taylor BWP, Ratchford A, van Nunen S, Burns B. Tick killing in situ before removal to prevent allergic and anaphylactic reactions in humans: a cross-sectional study. Asia Pac Allergy 2019;9(2):e15. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31089457
  • The Department of Health. Tick bite prevention web page. Canberra, ACT: Australian Government Department of Health; Last updated 25 November 2015.
  • Thomas SA, Wu J. Queensland tick typhus (Rickettsia australis) in a man after hiking in rural Queensland. Aust J Gen Pract 2018;47(6):359-60. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29966177
  • van Nunen SA. Tick-induced allergies: mammalian meat allergy and tick anaphylaxis. Med J Aust 2018;208(7):316-21. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29642819