Dermacentor variabilis
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dermacentor-variabilis-177-7628232
title:
Dermacentor variabilis
text:
Dermacentor variabilis, also known as the American dog tick or wood tick, is a species of tick that is known to carry bacteria responsible for several diseases in humans, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia. It is one of the best-known hard ticks. Diseases are spread when it sucks blood from the host. It may take several days for the host to experience symptoms. Though D. variabilis may be exposed to Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, these ticks are not
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of tick
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermacentor_variabilis
date created:
2006-04-17T14:41:53Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T01:23:22Z
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