Black-legged Tick

Definition: Black-legged Tick

Black-legged Tick

Noun

1. Parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick).

Non-Fiction Usage: Black-legged Tick

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		On the Pacific Coast, the bacteria are transmitted to humans by the western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus) and habitats are more diverse. (references)
		Known as the deer tick or black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis is responsible for transmitting bacteria to humans in the northeastern and north-central United States. (references)
		In 1982, spirochetes were identified in the midgut of the adult deer tick, Ixodes dammini (referred herein by its original name, the black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis) and given the name Borrelia burgdorferi. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Anagrams: Black-legged Tick

Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-d-e-e-g-g-i-k-k-l-l-t"
	-4 letters: blacklegged.
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