Ixodes scapularis: Difference between revisions

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Also known as the blacklegged tick
Where found: Widely distributed across the eastern United States.
Transmits: Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia mayonii (which cause Lyme disease), Anaplasma phagocytophilum (anaplasmosis), Borrelia miyamotoi (a form of relapsing fever), Ehrlichia muris eauclairensis (ehrlichiosis), Babesia microti (babesiosis), and Powassan virus
- Coinfections in 5-10%
The greatest risk of being bitten exists in the spring, summer, and fall. However, adults may be out searching for a host any time winter temperatures are above freezing.
Four life stages: egg, larva, nymph, and adult
- Highest risk of infection is from nymph stage (hard to find and remove) followed by adult female
Ticks wait on the tips of grasses and shrubs for a host to brush against is; they do not jump, fly, or drop from trees

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 * Transmits: ''[[Borrelia burgdorferi]]'' and ''[[Borrelia mayonii]]'' (which cause Lyme disease), ''[[Anaplasma phagocytophilum]]'' (anaplasmosis), ''[[Borrelia miyamotoi]]'' (a form of relapsing fever), ''[[Ehrlichia muris eauclairensis]]'' (ehrlichiosis), ''[[Babesia microti]]'' (babesiosis), and [[Powassan virus]]
 ** Coinfections in 5-10%
-* The greatest risk of being bitten exists in the spring, summer, and fall. However, adults may be out searching for a host any time winter temperatures are above freezing. Stages most likely to bite humans are nymphs and adult females.
+* The greatest risk of being bitten exists in the spring, summer, and fall. However, adults may be out searching for a host any time winter temperatures are above freezing.
+* Four life stages: egg, larva, nymph, and adult
+** Highest risk of infection is from nymph stage (hard to find and remove) followed by adult female
+* Ticks wait on the tips of grasses and shrubs for a host to brush against is; they do not jump, fly, or drop from trees
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