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Ixodes scapularis
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Ixodes scapularis - 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)black-legged tickhard tick, ixodid - ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the headgenus Ixodes, Ixodes - type genus of the family Ixodidae |
Ixodes scapularis
Ix·o·des sca·pu·la·'risthe black-legged or shoulder tick, a species found on animals in the southern and eastern U.S.; is the primary vector of Lyme disease in the U.S.Ixodes scapularis Deer tick A tick with a 2-yr life cycle, and 3 feeding seasons; the cycle begins in spring with soil deposition of fertilized eggs; by summer, larvae emerge and imbibe a blood meal from small vertebrates–eg, white-footed mouse–Peromyscus leucopus which may be infected with Borrelia burgdorferi–maintaining the spirochete in the tick population. See Borrelia burgdorferi, Lyme disease. Ix·o·des sca·pu·la·ris (ik-sō'dēz skap-yū-lā'ris) The black-legged or shoulder tick, a species found in the southern and eastern U.S.; the primary vector of Lyme disease and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in the U.S. Ixodes scapularis
Related to Ixodes scapularis: Ixodes pacificus, Dermacentor variabilis, Amblyomma americanumSynonyms for Ixodes scapularisnoun parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humansSynonymsRelated Words- hard tick
- ixodid
- genus Ixodes
- Ixodes
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