Ixodes pacificus
| Ixodes pacificus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Acari |
| Family: | Ixodidae |
| Genus: | Ixodes |
| Species: | I. pacificus |
| Binomial name | |
| I. pacificus Cooley & Kohls, 1943 | |
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Ixodes pacificus, the Western black-legged tick, is a species of Ixodes, a parasitic tick found on the western coast of North America. It is the principal vector of Lyme Disease in that region.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Chang CC, Chomel BB, Kasten RW, Romano V, Tietze N (April 2001). "Molecular evidence of Bartonella spp. in questing adult Ixodes pacificus ticks in California". J. Clin. Microbiol. 39 (4): 1221–6. doi:10.1128/JCM.39.4.1221-1226.2001. PMC 87914. PMID 11283031.
- ↑ Killilea ME, Swei A, Lane RS, Briggs CJ, Ostfeld RS (June 2008). "Spatial dynamics of lyme disease: a review". EcoHealth 5 (2): 167–95. doi:10.1007/s10393-008-0171-3. PMID 18787920.
- "Ixodes pacificus". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. 29930.
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