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August 2016; 3 (4) Clinical/Scientific NotesOpen Access

Male tick bite: A rare cause of adult tick paralysis

Cynthia Carter, Olivia Yambem, Ture Carlson, Graham J. Hickling, Kassondra Collins, Michael Jacewicz, Jack W. Tsao
First published May 10, 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000243
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vol. 3 no. 4 e243
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000243
Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Online ISSN: 
2332-7812
History: 
  • Received March 29, 2016
  • Accepted in final form April 11, 2016
  • First Published May 10, 2016.
Copyright & Usage: 
© 2016 American Academy of Neurology This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND), which permits downloading and sharing the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially.

Author Disclosures

    1. Cynthia Carter, MD,
    2. Olivia Yambem, MD,
    3. Ture Carlson, MS, REHS,
    4. Graham J. Hickling, PhD,
    5. Kassondra Collins, MS,
    6. Michael Jacewicz, MD and
    7. Jack W. Tsao, MD, DPhil
  1. Cynthia Carter, MD,
    2. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

  2. Olivia Yambem, MD,
    3. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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  3. Ture Carlson, MS, REHS,
    4. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. Shelby County Health Department, No Grant, Entomologist,4.5 yrs

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

  4. Graham J. Hickling, PhD,
    5. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. (1) University of Georgia Athens, speaker honorarium

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. (1) NSF, EF-0914476, PI, 2010-2015

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

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    Legal Proceedings:

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  5. Kassondra Collins, MS,
    6. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

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  6. Michael Jacewicz, MD and
    7. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. Neurology section Editorial Board member for the Merck Manual of Medical Therapeutics

    Patents:

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    1. NONE

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    Research Support, Government Entities:

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    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

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    Legal Proceedings:

    1. 1) Baker Whitt, consultation, 2015-2016 2) Lewis Thomason, consultation, 2015-2016

  7. Jack W. Tsao, MD, DPhil
    8. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. Neurology: Clinical Practice Editorial Board Member - 2016

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. Traumatic Brain Injury: A Clinician?s Guide to Diagnosis, Management, and Rehabilitation.Springer, 2012.Teleneurology in Practice: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide.Springer, 2015.

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

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    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. Wounded, Ill & Injured Directorate, US Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. University of Tennessee Health Science Center

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    1. NONE

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  1. From the Departments of Psychiatry (C.C.) and Neurology (O.Y., M.J., J.W.T.), Veterans Administration Medical Center; Departments of Psychiatry (C.C.) and Neurology (O.Y., K.C., M.J., J.W.T.), University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis; Division of Vector Control (T.C.), Shelby County Health Department, Memphis, TN; and Center for Wildlife Health (G.J.H.), The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
  1. Correspondence to Dr. Yambem: oyambem{at}uthsc.edu
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