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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. Stages most likely to bite humans are nymphs and adult females.

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