What is a tick bite?

Ticks are blood-sucking parasites. When they take a blood meal, they can cause dermatologic disease directly by their bite, or indirectly as vectors of other diseases. Tick-borne diseases include:

© DermNet

You can use or share this image if you comply with our image licence. Please provide a link back to this page.
For a high resolution, unwatermarked copy contact us here. Fees apply.

Source: dermnetnz.org