black-legged tick
- n parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick)
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- Lyme Disease: There's an App for That
The American Lyme Disease Foundation has created a iPhone app with a Lyme disease app complete with a map of where black-legged ticks are commonly found in the continental United States plus instructions on how to remove a tick, how to determine how long the tick has been attached, and advice about when you should seek medical help.
July 3, 2013 - ThirdAge