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black-legged tick

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Noun1.black-legged tick - parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick)
Ixodes scapularis
hard tick, ixodid - ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head
genus Ixodes, Ixodes - type genus of the family Ixodidae


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First isolation of Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, from black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis, removed from a bird in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Borrelia garinii in seabird ticks (Ixodes uriae), Atlantic Coast, ... by Rand, Peter W. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Simulation of black-legged tick (Acari: Ixodidae) population dynamics and transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi.
Increasing habitat suitability in the United States for the tick that ... by Estrada-Pena, Agustin / Environmental Health Perspectives
VENTURA - Ventura County environmental health officials are warning residents to be alert of an increased number of Western black-legged ticks which can transmit Lyme disease.
SURVEY SHOWS INCREASE IN LYME DISEASE TICKS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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