Taber's Medical Dictionary
Argasidae
(ar-gas′ĭ-dē″ )
[ Argas, a genus name + -idae ]
A family of soft ticks that usually infest birds but may attach to humans, and occasionally infect them with relapsing fever.
SEE: Ornithodoros
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Argasidae." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760660/all/Argasidae.
Argasidae. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760660/all/Argasidae. Accessed June 26, 2026.
Argasidae. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760660/all/Argasidae
Argasidae [Internet]. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 June 26]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760660/all/Argasidae.
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