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* Also known as the '''blacklegged tick''' |
* Also known as the '''blacklegged tick''' |
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* Where found: Widely distributed across the eastern United States. |
* Where found: Widely distributed across the eastern United States. |
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| − | * Transmits: ''Borrelia burgdorferi'' and '' |
+ | * 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% |
** Coinfections in 5-10% |
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+ | * 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 |
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| + | ** Only nymph and adult stages can transmit [[Lyme disease]] |
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| − | [[File:https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/images/geo/blacklegged_tick.jpg|Blacklegged tick (blacklegged_tick.jpg)]] |
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| + | ** Highest risk of infection is from nymph stage (hard to find and remove) followed by adult female |
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| + | * 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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| − | [[File:lgmap-blacklegged_tick.jpg|Approximate distribution of the Blacklegged tick in the United States of America. The map shows that the blacklegged tick is widely distributed across the entire eastern half of the United States]] |
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Latest revision as of 12:33, 8 July 2023
- 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
- Only nymph and adult stages can transmit Lyme disease
- 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
