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{{ID-Gallery-Top|American dog tick}}
{{ID-Gallery-Top|American dog tick}}
* Common name: American dog tick, wood tick
:* Common name: American dog tick, wood tick
* Scientific name: ''[[Dermacentor variabilis]]''
:* Scientific name: ''[[Dermacentor variabilis]]''
* Reservoir: small rodents (larvae and nymphs); dogs and mammals (adult ticks)
:* Reservoir: small rodents (larvae and nymphs); dogs and mammals (adult ticks)
* Geographic distribution: Rocky Mountains, Pacific Coast
:* Geographic distribution: Rocky Mountains, Pacific Coast
* Disease transmitted: [[Rocky Mountain spotted fever]], [[tularemia]]
:* Disease transmitted: [[Rocky Mountain spotted fever]], [[tularemia]]


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{{ID-Gallery-Top|Blacklegged tick}}
{{ID-Gallery-Top|Blacklegged tick}}
 
:* Common name: blacklegged tick, deer tick
* Common name: blacklegged tick, deer tick
:* Scientific name: ''[[Ixodes scapularis]]''
* Scientific name: ''[[Ixodes scapularis]]''
:* Reservoir: small mammals and birds (larvae and nymphs); rodents and mammals (adult ticks)
* Reservoir: small mammals and birds (larvae and nymphs); rodents and mammals (adult ticks)
:* Geographic distribution: northeastern and upper midwestern United States
* Geographic distribution: northeastern and upper midwestern United States
:* Disease transmitted: [[anaplasmosis]], [[babesiosis]], [[Lyme disease]]
* Disease transmitted: [[anaplasmosis]], [[babesiosis]], [[Lyme disease]]


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{{ID-Gallery-Top|Brown dog tick}}
{{ID-Gallery-Top|Brown dog tick}}
 
:* Common name: brown dog tick
* Common name: brown dog tick
:* Scientific name: ''[[Rhipicephalus sanguineus]]''
* Scientific name: ''[[Rhipicephalus sanguineus]]''
:* Reservoir: dogs (entire life cycle)
* Reservoir: dogs (entire life cycle)
:* Geographic distribution: throughout the U.S. and the world
* Geographic distribution: throughout the U.S. and the world
:* Disease transmitted: [[Rocky Mountain spotted fever]]
* Disease transmitted: [[Rocky Mountain spotted fever]]


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{{ID-Gallery-Top|Gulf Coast tick}}
{{ID-Gallery-Top|Gulf Coast tick}}
 
:* Common name: Gulf Coast tick
* Common name: Gulf Coast tick
:* Scientific name: ''[[Amblyomma maculatum]]''
* Scientific name: ''[[Amblyomma maculatum]]''
:* Reservoir: birds and small rodents (larvae and nymphs); deer and other wildlife (adult ticks)
* 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
* Geographic distribution: coastal areas of the United States along the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico
:* Disease transmitted: [[Rickettsiosis|''Rickettsia parkeri'' rickettsiosis]]
* Disease transmitted: [[Rickettsiosis|''Rickettsia parkeri'' rickettsiosis]]


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{{ID-Gallery-Top|Lone star tick}}
{{ID-Gallery-Top|Lone star tick}}
 
:* Common name: lone star tick
* Common name: lone star tick
:* Scientific name: ''[[Amblyomma americanum]]''
* Scientific name: ''[[Amblyomma americanum]]''
:* Reservoir: birds and deer (larvae and nymphs); white-tailed deer (adult ticks)
* Reservoir: birds and deer (larvae and nymphs); white-tailed deer (adult ticks)
:* Geographic distribution: southeastern and eastern United States
* Geographic distribution: southeastern and eastern United States
:* Disease transmitted: [[ehrlichiosis]], [[tularemia]], [[southern tick-associated rash illness]]
* Disease transmitted: [[ehrlichiosis]], [[tularemia]], [[southern tick-associated rash illness]]


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{{ID-Gallery-Top|Rocky Mountain wood tick}}
{{ID-Gallery-Top|Rocky Mountain wood tick}}


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


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{{ID-Gallery-Top|Western blacklegged tick}}
{{ID-Gallery-Top|Western blacklegged tick}}
 
:* Common name: western blacklegged tick
* Common name: western blacklegged tick
:* Scientific name: ''[[Ixodes pacificus]]''
* Scientific name: ''[[Ixodes pacificus]]''
:* Reservoir: birds and small rodents (larvae and nymphs); deer and other mammals (adult ticks)
* Reservoir: birds and small rodents (larvae and nymphs); deer and other mammals (adult ticks)
:* Geographic distribution: Pacific coast of the United States
* Geographic distribution: Pacific coast of the United States
:* Disease transmitted: [[anaplasmosis]], [[Lyme disease]]
* Disease transmitted: [[anaplasmosis]], [[Lyme disease]]


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Revision as of 19:39, 3 July 2015




  • 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





  • 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








  • 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