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Ixodes dammini, deer tick
a northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis
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Ixodes neotomae
a tick that usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to dusky-footed wood rats
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Ixodes pacificus, western black-legged tick
a tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California
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Ixodes scapularis, black-legged tick
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)
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Ixodes ricinus, sheep tick, sheep-tick
parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete
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Ixodes persulcatus
bites humans; a vector for Lyme disease spirochete
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Ixodes dentatus
usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats
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Ixodes spinipalpis
usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats
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American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis, wood tick
common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia
