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    Ticks inject saliva to mask their attack

    Nov 18, 2020 1 minute

    here are 17 human-biting ticks in Australia, according to research published in 2019 by an international team including scientists from the University of Sydney and Macquarie University. can cause severe local and systemic reactions in humans, while (the East Coast paralysis tick) rarely causes serious paralysis in humans but affects some 10,000 dogs each year, 5% of them fatally, with many of the rest requiring significant vet bills to save them.

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