Deer tick may refer to:
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Ixodes scapularis
''Ixodes scapularis'' is commonly known as the deer tick or black-legged tick (although some people reserve the latter term for '' Ixodes pacificus'', which is found on the west coast of the US), and in some parts of the US as the bear tick. It w ...
'', the eastern North America black-legged tick
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Ixodes pacificus
''Ixodes pacificus'', the western black-legged tick, is a species of parasitic tick found on the western coast of North America. ''I. pacificus'' is a member of the ''Ixodidae'' (hard-bodied) family. It is the principal vector of Lyme disease in ...
'', the western North America black-legged tick
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Ixodes ricinus
''Ixodes ricinus'', the castor bean tick, is a chiefly European species of hard-bodied tick. It may reach a length of when engorged with a blood meal, and can transmit both bacterial and viral pathogens such as the causative agents of Lyme dis ...
'', the European tick sometimes called a "deer tick" or "sheep tick"
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Deer Tick (band)
Deer Tick is an American alternative rock- folk band from Providence, Rhode Island, composed of singer-songwriter John J. McCauley, guitarist Ian O'Neil, bassist Christopher Ryan and drummer Dennis Ryan.
The band's music has been described as r ...
See also
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Lyme disease
Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is a vector-borne disease caused by the '' Borrelia'' bacterium, which is spread by ticks in the genus '' Ixodes''. The most common sign of infection is an expanding red rash, known as erythema ...
(a well-known disease spread by ticks)
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Deer tick virus
Deer tick virus (DTV) is a virus in the genus ''Flavivirus'' spread via ticks that causes encephalitis.
Taxonomy
DTV closely resembles Powassan virus (to which it has 84% nucleotide sequence identity and 94% amino acid sequence identity).
Due ...
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