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  2. Ixodidae - Wikipedia

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    The Ixodidae are the family of hard ticks or scale ticks, [1] one of the three families of ticks, consisting of over 700 species. They are known as 'hard ticks' because they have a scutum or hard shield, which the other major family of ticks, the 'soft ticks' ( Argasidae ), lack.

  3. Argasidae - Wikipedia

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    Soft ticks lack the hard scutum present in the hard ticks . [3] The gnathosoma (or capitulum, the mouthparts-bearing structure) is located on the underside of the animal's body and is not readily visible, [3] while in the Ixodidae, the gnathosoma projects forward from the body. The lateral edges of the body are rounded.

  4. Ornithodoros savignyi - Wikipedia

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    Ornithodoros savignyi, known as sand tampan, African eyed tampan or Kalahari sand tampan, is one of some 37 species in the genus Ornithodoros and is a soft tick with a leathery, mammillated integument, causing paralysis and tampan toxicosis, two unrelated conditions.

  5. Tick - Wikipedia

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    In addition to having a hard shield on their dorsal surfaces, known as the scutum, hard ticks have a beak-like structure at the front containing the mouthparts, whereas soft ticks have their mouthparts on the underside of their bodies. Ticks locate potential hosts by sensing odor, body heat, moisture, and/or vibrations in the environment. [1]

  6. Ornithodoros - Wikipedia

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    Ornithodoros is a genus in the soft-bodied tick family, Argasidae. Physiology

  7. Ornithodoros moubata - Wikipedia

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    Tick-borne relapsing fever is transmitted through the bites of lice or soft-bodied ticks (genus Ornithodoros). [10] Each species of Borrelia is typically associated with a single tick species, with Borrelia duttoni being transmitted by O. moubata , and being responsible for the relapsing fever found in central, eastern, and southern Africa.

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