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  2. Ixodes holocyclus - Wikipedia

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    The term grass tick is usually used to refer to the smaller stages of Ixodes holocyclus, but the term delivers little useful information because any tick can be found in the grass. Seed tick: Larva The term seed tick usually is used to refer to the smallest stage of Ixodes holocyclus. Shower tick: Larva

  3. Mom shares terrifying photos to warn other parents about ...

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    While seed ticks, which are just regular ticks in larval form, are much smaller than regular ticks, they cannot simply be brushed off the body.. According to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

  4. The Potentially Fatal Tick-Borne Illness You Haven't ... - AOL

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    Making things even trickier is that people may not make the immediate connection to a tick bite, especially given that the allergy may not fully develop until three months after the bite. “It is ...

  5. Do *Not* Crush A Tick If You Caught It Biting You (Even If ...

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    People can have a range of reactions to bed bug bites, says Nancy Troyano, PhD, a board-certified entomologist with Rentokil North America. Some people have no reaction at all, while others will ...

  6. Babesia microti - Wikipedia

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    The cycle begins again when the tick bites a new vertebrate host. [2] B. microti's usual vertebrate hosts include domesticated animals, such as cattle, dogs, and rats, and wild animals. [1] [2] Humans are accidental hosts of Babesia in general, but B. microti is an important transfusion-transmitted infectious organism in humans.

  7. Tick infestation - Wikipedia

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    Ticks are insects known for attaching to and sucking blood from land-dwelling animals (specifically vertebrates). [1] Ticks fall under the category of 'arthropod', and while they are often thought of in the context of disease transmission, they are also known to cause direct harm to hosts through bites, toxin release, and infestation.

  8. Never ignore a tick bite if it looks like this - AOL

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    “The tick bite itself is not dangerous and doesn’t cause any symptoms or rash unless it’s carrying one of the major diseases we worry about,” Dr. Schrading explains.

  9. Human granulocytic anaplasmosis - Wikipedia

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    Human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) is a tick-borne, infectious disease caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum, an obligate intracellular bacterium that is typically transmitted to humans by ticks of the Ixodes ricinus species complex, including Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus in North America.