Ticks

Adult female deer tick from Dr. Burgdorfer's keynote address

 Lyme disease follows a bite from a deer tick. The tick can fall off or be scratched off without being notices.

 

Black legged tick courtesy of CDC

Ticks Lyme Disease Foundations

Engorged Ticks Michigan webpage

 

Courtesy the preceding movies are courtesy of the Iowa State University's Deer Tick Home Page



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Dr. Burgdorfer's Keynote Address - The Complexity of Vector-borne Spirochetes (Borrelia spp) 12th International Conference on Lyme Disease and Other Spirochetal and Tick-Borne Disorders Day 1 - April 9, 1999 <empty>