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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)
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