Sentences with phrase «as blacklegged»
About Lyme Disease Lyme disease is a bacterial infection transmitted via the Ixodes spp. ticks, commonly known as the blacklegged tick.
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It is also referred to as the blacklegged tick or «deer tick».
They cite plenty of evidence: In the Northeast, where Lyme is endemic, the disease is spread by nymphs (the tick's juvenile form) of Ixodes scapularis, commonly known as blacklegged ticks.
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Blacklegged nymphs rarely bite humans down South, though researchers don't agree as to why not.
Lyme disease — caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi — is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected blacklegged or deer ticks, and can have lifelong debilitating effects such as arthritis, fatigue and even neurological deficits.
Scientists were interested in a bacterial disease in Nigerian cattle known as «blackleg disease,» caused by the bacteria Clostridium chauvoei.
Fall is when ticks — usually the deer tick or blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis)-- like to put their bite on dogs the most, and, as a result, that's when Lyme disease is transmitted most...
In North America the blacklegged tick, also known as the deer tick is the principle vector of Lyme disease as well as human granulocytic anaplasmosis and human babesiosis.