tick-borne

[ tik-bawrn, -bohrn ]

adjective

1. carried or transmitted by ticks:

   tick-borne disease.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tick-borne¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

"Probably when I was about 14 or 15, I got a tick-borne illness... and that's when my symptoms started," she recalled.

From BBC

In the case of tick-borne diseases, for example, Beard noted that the geographic ranges have already expanded in recent years for ticks that spread Lyme, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis and spotted fever rickettsiosis.

From Salon

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, in collaboration with JLP Health and others, have identified how the tick-borne Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus enters our cells.

From Science Daily

The team describes the study in a special issue of the journal Viruses, titled "Tick-borne Viruses: Transmission and Surveillance."

From Science Daily

The virus is transmitted to humans primarily by Ixodes scapularis, the same blood-sucking deer ticks that transmit Lyme disease, babesiosis and other tick-borne illnesses.

From Science Daily