Tick Paralysis : First Zoonosis Record in Egypt

Botulism as a Food Poisoning: What Is It?

“…In March 2010, the CDC released the heptavalent antitoxin (H-BAT) for use in the USA, under an Investigational New Drug program, as the preferred treatment for food-borne botulism, including type E, which had not been covered by the bivalent antitoxin, the prior approved antitoxin product in the USA. Mosabah and Morsy (2012) demonstrated tick paralysis for the first time in Egypt among four children living in rural area at Giza Governorate. The clinical pictures were confused with rabies; myasthensia gravis; botulism; diphtheritic polyneuropathy encountered in rural areas.…”

“…Guillain-Barré syndrome usually involves ascending paralysis, sensory findings, and elevated cerebrospinal fluid protein. A tick check should be performed as part of the physical examination since the ticks causing tick paralysis may still be attached when the patient presents (Mosabah and Morsy, 2012). Cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) studies of most patients with meningitis and encephalitis would reveal elevated protein and red and white blood cells.…”

Seronegative Myasthenia Gravis with Concomitant SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Dog

“…Tick paralysis is incriminated as differential in acute flaccid tetraparesis in dogs [ 29 , 30 ]. However, in Europe, the tick vector has not been described; such cases are most common in the USA and Australia [ 30 ], but are sporadically reported in other geographical spaces, including in humans [ 31 ]. Some authors reported the occurrence of a tick paralysis-like disease in a few cases in Europe, but the clinical course differs and the etiological vector was never proven.…”

Epidemiological and Morphological Studies on Hyalomma Species Infesting Dromedary Camels in Aswan Governorate, Egypt

“…adults or nymphs (Musa and Osman, 1990). But, Mosabah and Morsy (2012) in Egypt reported first zoonosis tick paralysis in four hospitalized children living in animals rearing farm in Giza Governorate. Saleh et al (2016) added that when dealing with children from tick infested areas, tick paralysis must be considered in differential diagnosis of clinically confused diseases as poliomyelitis, myasthenia gravis; Guillain-Barre; paralytic rabies botulism; transverse myelitis and/or diphtheritic polyneuropathy.…”