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  2. Amblyomma americanum - Wikipedia

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    Amblyomma americanum, also known as the lone star tick, the northeastern water tick, or the turkey tick, is a type of tick indigenous to much of the eastern United States and Mexico, that bites painlessly and commonly goes unnoticed, remaining attached to its host for as long as seven days until it is fully engorged with blood.

  3. Ixodes scapularis - Wikipedia

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    Ixodes scapularis is commonly known as the deer tick or black-legged tick (although some people reserve the latter term for Ixodes pacificus, which is found on the west coast of the US), and in some parts of the US as the bear tick. [2] It was also named Ixodes dammini until it was shown to be the same species in 1993. [3]

  4. Ixodes pacificus - Wikipedia

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    The western black-legged tick is a vector for Lyme disease, which is caused by infection with Borrelia burgdorferi. After feeding on a host animal infected with the bacterium, the tick is then able to transmit it to other animals, including humans, through subsequent blood meals.

  5. The Potentially Fatal Tick-Borne Illness You Haven't ... - AOL

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    “When you’re bitten, the tick transfers that molecule, galactose-α-1,3-galactose, to the body,” explains William Schaffner, M.D., an infectious disease specialist and professor at the ...

  6. Black-legged tick - Wikipedia

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    Black-legged tick may refer to either of two species of ticks found in North America: Ixodes scapularis , also known as the "deer tick" or "bear tick", found in eastern North America Ixodes pacificus , the western black-legged tick, found on western coast of North America

  7. Anaplasmosis - Wikipedia

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    Biological vector transmission is through ticks that carry a blood parasite able to cause anaplasmosis. The most common Anaplasmosis-causing tick is Ixodes scapularis, also known as the black-legged tick or the deer tick. [9] [10] Ticks who contain species of many different Anaplasma species can transmit this disease through a bite. The blood ...

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    I’m not white, I’m not Black, I’m not Latino.” ... Tariq Ra'ouf, 33, a Palestinian American, described feeling like his identity was being erased when having to tickwhite” on job ...

  9. Ixodes holocyclus - Wikipedia

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    Usually (in 65% of cases) there is a black spot (known as an eschar, usually 2–5 mm in diameter) at the site of the tick bite. This looks like a scab with redness and swelling around it. Usually there is only one eschar unless there has been more than one tick bite.

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