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Lone Star Tick

This photograph depicts a female “lone star tick” Amblyomma americanum. An Ixodes or “hard” tick, A. americanus is found through the southeast and south-central states, and has been shown to transmit the spirochete, Borrelia lonestari, the pathogen responsible for causing a Lyme disease-like rash known as “Southern tick-associated associated rash illness” (STARI). Representatives from all three of its life stages aggressively bite people in the southern U.S. Research indicates that live spirochetes are observed in only 1-3% of specimens.
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Lone Star Tick
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This photograph depicts a female “lone star tick” Amblyomma americanum. An Ixodes or “hard” tick, A. americanus is found through the southeast and south-central states, and has been shown to transmit the spirochete, Borrelia lonestari, the pathogen responsible for causing a Lyme disease-like rash known as “Southern tick-associated associated rash illness” (STARI). Representatives from all three of its life stages aggressively bite people in the southern U.S. Research indicates that live spirochetes are observed in only 1-3% of specimens.
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Album / Science Source / James Gathany/CDC
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2550 x 3253 px | 23.7 MB
Print size:
21.6 x 27.5 cm | 8.5 x 10.8 in (300 dpi)
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