Category:Ticks: Difference between revisions

American dog tick

• Common name: American dog tick
• Scientific name: Dermacentor variabilis
• Reservoir: small rodents (larvae and nymphs); dogs and mammals (adult ticks)
• Geographic distribution: Rocky Mountains, Pacific Coast
• Disease transmitted: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia

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  American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis)
  Adapted from CDC
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  Approximate distribution of the American Dog tick
  Adapted from CDC

Blacklegged tick

• Common name: blacklegged tick, deer tick
• Scientific name: Ixodes scapularis
• Reservoir: small mammals and birds (larvae and nymphs); rodents and mammals (adult ticks)
• Geographic distribution: northeastern and upper midwestern United States
• Disease transmitted: anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Lyme disease

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  Blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis)
  Adapted from CDC
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  Approximate distribution of the Blacklegged tick
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Brown dog tick

• Common name: brown dog tick
• Scientific name: Rhipicephalus sanguineus
• Reservoir: dogs (entire life cycle)
• Geographic distribution: throughout the U.S. and the world
• Disease transmitted: Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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  Brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus)
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  Approximate distribution of the Brown Dog tick
  Adapted from CDC

Gulf Coast tick

• Common name: Gulf Coast tick
• Scientific name: Amblyomma maculatum
• Reservoir: birds and small rodents (larvae and nymphs); deer and other wildlife (adult ticks)
• Geographic distribution: coastal areas of the United States along the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico
• Disease transmitted: Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis

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  Gulf Coast tick (Amblyomma maculatum)
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  Approximate distribution of the Gulf Coast tick
  Adapted from CDC

Lone star tick

• Common name: lone star tick
• Scientific name: Amblyomma americanum
• Reservoir: birds and deer (larvae and nymphs); white-tailed deer (adult ticks)
• Geographic distribution: southeastern and eastern United States
• Disease transmitted: ehrlichiosis, tularemia, southern tick-associated rash illness

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  Lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum)
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  Approximate distribution of the lone star tick
  Adapted from CDC

Rocky Mountain wood tick

• Common name: Rocky Mountain wood tick
• Scientific name: Dermacentor andersoni
• Reservoir: small rodents (larvae and nymphs); large mammals (adult ticks)
• Geographic distribution: Rocky Mountain states
• Disease transmitted: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia

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  Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni)
  Adapted from CDC
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  Approximate distribution of the Rocky Mountain Wood tick
  Adapted from CDC

Western blacklegged tick

• Common name: western blacklegged tick
• Scientific name: Ixodes pacificus
• Reservoir: birds and small rodents (larvae and nymphs); deer and other mammals (adult ticks)
• Geographic distribution: Pacific coast of the United States
• Disease transmitted: anaplasmosis, Lyme disease

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  Western blacklegged tick (Ixodes pacificus)
  Adapted from CDC
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  Approximate distribution of the Western Blacklegged tick
  Adapted from CDC