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Français : Ixodes scapularis, vecteur de la maladie de Lyme English: These black-legged ticks, Ixodes scapularis, are found on a wide range of hosts including mammals, birds and reptiles. Black-legged ticks, I. scapularis are known to transmit Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, to humans and animals during feeding, when they insert their mouth parts into the skin of a host, and slowly take in the nutrient-rich host blood. |
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http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/detail.asp?id=1669 Transferred from fr.wikipedia to Commons. |
| Author | Content Provider(s) : CDC/ Michael L. Levin, Ph. D. Photo Credit : Jim Gathany |
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This file is a work of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the file is in the public domain.
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- 2004-06-18 18:51 Cham 700×451× (42121 bytes) Ixodes scapularis, vecteur de la maladie de Lyme
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| current | 18:12, June 10, 2024 | | 391 × 412 (25 KB) | wikimediacommons>Doc James | Cropped 44 % horizontally, 9 % vertically, 49 % areawise using CropTool with precise mode. |
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