tick-borne
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of tick-borne
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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Biologists test the capybaras weekly to confirm they haven’t caught Brazilian spotted fever—a tick-borne disease often fatal to humans.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
The tick-borne disease has been spreading across the U.S., but there have been few good medical options beyond antibiotics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
So Di Carlo, who is researching diagnostics for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, took to LinkedIn, where he penned a post invoking the Franz Kafka novel “The Trial.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
"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 ● Oct. 8, 2024
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 ● Mar. 28, 2024
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