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Lone Star tick

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lone star tick
see amblyommaamericanum.
Lone Star tick
Amblyomma americanum A 3-host–wild animal, domestic animal, hard tick native to southern US, Central and South America, which is a vector of RMSF and occasionally Lyme disease. See Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever.


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is the Lone Star tick, a species common from the southern United States to South America that is a vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
African tickbite fever in travelers, Swaziland by Raoult, Didier / Emerging Infectious Diseases
A field project was conducted at a wildlife management area to carefully document lone star tick (LST) clustering in relation to shade and soil moisture.
Ticks and Tick Ecology in Mississippi: Implications for Human Disease ... by Goddard, Jerome / Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
Accordingly, precision-targeting of insecticides for lone star tick control would be most effective if accomplished during this time of greatest activity.
Residual effects of selected pyrethroid insecticides on lone star ... by Goddard, Jerome / Journal of Environmental Health
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