Western Black-Legged Tick

Source: Public Health Image Library (PHIL). James Gathany; William Nicholshon. Available online: http://phil.cdc.gov. Western black-legged ticks are one of two types of ticks in the United States that carry Lyme disease bacteria.

Western Black-Legged Tick

Western black-legged tick

Source: Public Health Image Library (PHIL). James Gathany; William Nicholshon. Available online: http://phil.cdc.gov.

Western black-legged ticks are one of two types of ticks in the United States that carry Lyme disease bacteria.

Current as ofJune 9, 2019

Author: Healthwise Staff
E. Gregory Thompson, MD – Internal Medicine
Adam Husney, MD – Family Medicine
Christine Hahn, MD – Infectious Disease, Epidemiology
W. David Colby IV, MSc, MD, FRCPC – Infectious Disease

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