Diseases spread by soft tick – Mnemonic
Ornithodoros kelleyi – soft tick
Mnemonic for diseases spread by soft tick is: Soft Relapse of Q fever at KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)
Expansion of the mnemonic:
- Soft – Soft tick
- Relapse – Relapsing fever
- Q fever – Q fever
- KFC – Kyasanur Forest Disease
2 Comments
In the above mentioned pneumonic for soft tick KFD is caused by Hard tick
In fact the best way to memorize is QRS interval
Q fever, Relapsing fever- Soft tick
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