Deer Tick #3 is a photograph by Kent Wood which was uploaded on April 4th, 2014.
Deer Tick #3
This is a colorized light micrograph of a mature female deer tick, Ixodes scapularis (previously Ixodes dammini), the vector for Lyme disease. The... more
by Kent Wood
Title
Deer Tick #3
Artist
Kent Wood
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Photograph
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This is a colorized light micrograph of a mature female deer tick, Ixodes scapularis (previously Ixodes dammini), the vector for Lyme disease. The female tick can feed on human blood, and in the process may transmit the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, cause of Lyme disease. Symptoms of this disease include skin lesions, cardiac and neurological abnormalities, and arthritis. Lyme disease is carried by I. scapularis in north and mid-west USA; and in Europe by the tick I. ricinus. Through its bite, it transfers the bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi.
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April 4th, 2014
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