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From Insects or Animals
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Many types of infections associated with animals and insects can affect children. When they occur, they need a pediatrician's attention.
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How to Remove A Tick
Home care advice for the treatment and prevention of tick bites for children and adolescents.
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How to Protect Your Child from Insect Stings
How to Remove A Tick
Identifying Insect Bites and Stings
Illness from Animals: Leptospirosis
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Pet Birds and Psittacosis Infection
Pets and Pasteurella Infections
Rabies Infection: How to Protect Your Child
Rat Bite Fever
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: Another Illness from Ticks
Roundworm (Ascariasis)
Scorpion Stings
Sick from Ticks: Human Ehrlichiosis
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Treatment for Animal Bites
Tularemia: An Infection Caused by Insects
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