TY  - JOUR
AU  - Garcia-Alvarez, Lara 
AU  - Palomar, Ana Maria 
AU  - Oteo, Jose Antonio 
PY  - 2013
TI  - Prevention and Prophylaxis of Tick Bites and Tick-Borne Related Diseases
JF  - American Journal of Infectious Diseases
VL  - 9
IS  - 3
DO  - 10.3844/ajidsp.2013.104.116
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajidsp.2013.104.116
AB  - Ticks are obligate haematophagous arthropods present all over the world able to produce human diseases. Several factors have increased the abundance, circulation and distribution of the pathogens transmitted by ticks, contributing to the change in the vector-borne diseases epidemiology in the last years. This review collects the most important measures for the prevention and prophylaxis of tick-borne diseases. The pre-exposition measures to avoid tick-borne diseases are based on the prevention of tick bites by avoiding tick-infested areas, using of protective clothing, repellents and controlling tick populations by physical, mechanical, biological and chemical methods. It is also reviewed other measures as the utility of educational programs and the use of human vaccines. On the other hand, we also review some key aspects referred to the measures to carry out after tick bites as how to remove a tick correctly and the utility of making an antibiotic prophylaxis.