Ixodes Scapularis

Definition: Ixodes Scapularis

Ixodes Scapularis

Noun

1. Parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick).

Crosswords: Ixodes Scapularis

English words defined with "Ixodes scapularis": cottontail, cottontail rabbit ♦ deer tick ♦ Ixodes dammini ♦ wood rabbit, wood rat, woodrat. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Ixodes scapularis": Babesiosis. (references)

Photo Album: Ixodes Scapularis

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	Female Ixodes scapularis tick. Lyme Disease vector, parasite. Also known as Ixodes dammini. Credit: CDC.		Ixodes scapularis, tick vector for Lyme disease. Also known as Ixodes dammini. Credit: CDC.
	Adult deer tick, Ixodes scapularis. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: Ixodes Scapularis

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Ixodes scapularis -most common in the northeast and midwest. (references)
		Recently a Powassan-like virus was isolated from the deer tick, Ixodes scapularis. (references)
		This distribution is consistent with the fact that the vector of HGE, Ixodes scapularis, also transmits Borrelia burgdorferi. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Ixodes Scapularis

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Anagrams: Ixodes Scapularis

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-i-i-l-o-p-r-s-s-s-u-x"
	-5 letters: disclosures, pediculosis, periodicals, plesiosaurs, radicalises.
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