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ixodes scapularis


  • 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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  • Tiny ticks can spread big problems
    Ixodes scapularis.That's the Latin name for what is commonly known as the blacklegged or deer tick. Before it bites a host and becomes engorged with the victim's blood, the minuscule arachnid might be not much bigger than the 8220x8221 in the first sentence of this story.
    July 28, 2013 - Times Leader

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