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- American dog tick
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- Common name: American dog tick, wood tick
- Scientific name: Dermacentor variabilis
- Reservoir: small rodents (larvae and nymphs); dogs and mammals (adult ticks)
- Geographic distribution: Rocky Mountains, Pacific Coast
- Disease transmitted: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia
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American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis)
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Approximate distribution of the American Dog tick
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- Blacklegged tick
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- Common name: blacklegged tick, deer tick
- Scientific name: Ixodes scapularis
- Reservoir: small mammals and birds (larvae and nymphs); rodents and mammals (adult ticks)
- Geographic distribution: northeastern and upper midwestern United States
- Disease transmitted: anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Lyme disease
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Blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis)
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Approximate distribution of the Blacklegged tick
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- Brown dog tick
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- Common name: brown dog tick
- Scientific name: Rhipicephalus sanguineus
- Reservoir: dogs (entire life cycle)
- Geographic distribution: throughout the U.S. and the world
- Disease transmitted: Rocky Mountain spotted fever
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Brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus)
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Approximate distribution of the Brown Dog tick
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- Gulf Coast tick
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- Common name: Gulf Coast tick
- Scientific name: Amblyomma maculatum
- Reservoir: birds and small rodents (larvae and nymphs); deer and other wildlife (adult ticks)
- Geographic distribution: coastal areas of the United States along the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico
- Disease transmitted: Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis
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Gulf Coast tick (Amblyomma maculatum)
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Approximate distribution of the Gulf Coast tick
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- Lone star tick
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- Common name: lone star tick
- Scientific name: Amblyomma americanum
- Reservoir: birds and deer (larvae and nymphs); white-tailed deer (adult ticks)
- Geographic distribution: southeastern and eastern United States
- Disease transmitted: ehrlichiosis, tularemia, southern tick-associated rash illness
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Lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum)
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Approximate distribution of the lone star tick
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- Rocky Mountain wood tick
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- Common name: Rocky Mountain wood tick
- Scientific name: Dermacentor andersoni
- Reservoir: small rodents (larvae and nymphs); large mammals (adult ticks)
- Geographic distribution: Rocky Mountain states
- Disease transmitted: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia
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Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni)
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Approximate distribution of the Rocky Mountain Wood tick
Adapted from CDC
- Western blacklegged tick
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- Common name: western blacklegged tick
- Scientific name: Ixodes pacificus
- Reservoir: birds and small rodents (larvae and nymphs); deer and other mammals (adult ticks)
- Geographic distribution: Pacific coast of the United States
- Disease transmitted: anaplasmosis, Lyme disease
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Western blacklegged tick (Ixodes pacificus)
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Approximate distribution of the Western Blacklegged tick
Adapted from CDC
