Ixodes scapularis
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Ix·o·des sca·pu·la·'ris
the black-legged or shoulder tick, a species found on animals in the southern and eastern U.S.; is the primary vector of Lyme disease in the U.S.
Ixodes scapularis
Deer tick A tick with a 2-yr life cycle, and 3 feeding seasons; the cycle begins in spring with soil deposition of fertilized eggs; by summer, larvae emerge and imbibe a blood meal from small vertebrates–eg, white-footed mouse–Peromyscus leucopus which may be infected with Borrelia burgdorferi–maintaining the spirochete in the tick population. See Borrelia burgdorferi, Lyme disease.Ix·o·des sca·pu·la·ris
(ik-sō'dēz skap-yū-lā'ris)The black-legged or shoulder tick, a species found in the southern and eastern U.S.; the primary vector of Lyme disease and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in the U.S.
Ixodes
a genus of hard-bodied ticks in the family Ixodidae. Some species are vectors of disease.
Ixodes angustus
a dog tick.
Ixodes canisuga
a dog tick found also on foxes and occasionally other species in Europe.
Ixodes cookei
found on most species.
Ixodes cornuatus
found on dogs and other species in Australia; may cause paralysis.
Ixodes dammini
a three-host tick, important transmitter of Borrelia burgdorferi in the USA.
Ixodes hexagonus
the hedgehog tick, found also on dogs and other species in Europe.
Ixodes holocyclus
a tick of bandicoots in Australia; found also on other species. Transmits Coxiella burnetii and causes tick paralysis by a toxin secreted by its salivary glands. It also produces a cardiovascular component which causes intense vasoconstriction, high blood pressure and death.
Ixodes kingi
the rotund tick of dogs.
Ixodes loricatus
a very rare infestation in New World primates.
Ixodes muris
the mouse tick, found on dogs.
Ixodes ornithorhynchi
the platypus tick.
Ixodes pacificus
the California black-legged tick, found on most species.
Ixodes persulcatus
transmits Babesia spp.
Ixodes pilosus
bush, sour-veld or russet tick found on most species. Does not cause paralysis.
Ixodes ricinus
the castor-bean tick, found on many species of mammals and birds in Europe. Transmits Babesia divergens, B. bovis, Anaplasma, tick pyemia, Coxiella burnetii, several human encephalitides and also causes paralysis.
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Ixodes ricinus. By permission from Samour J, Avian Medicine, Mosby, 2000
Ixodes rubicundus
infests most species but not cat, horse or bird. Causes paralysis.
Ixodes rugosus
found on dogs.
Ixodes scapularis
shoulder or black-legged tick; found on most species. May transmit anaplasmosis and tularemia.
Ixodes sculptus
found on dogs.
Ixodes texanus
found on dogs.