Haemaphysalis spinigera
Hae·ma·phy·sa·lis spi·ni·ge'·ra
a tropical forest species in India that is a vector of Kyasanur Forest disease; various rodents and insectivores serve as hosts of immature ticks of this species, which carry an arbovirus of the Russian spring-summer B group complex; monkeys act as reservoirs of human infection.
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