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This illustration depicts a dorsal view of a female lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Dr. Henry D. Pratt
Creation Date: 1961
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Biological Sciences
Environment and Public Health
Public Health
Disease Transmission
Disease Vectors
Arthropod Vectors
Arachnid Vectors
Public Health Practice
Communicable Disease Control
Pest Control
Tick Control
Diseases
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
Bacterial Infections
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
Tick-Borne Diseases
Parasitic Diseases
Ectoparasitic Infestations
Tick Infestations
Protozoan Infections
Tick-Borne Diseases
Virus Diseases
Arbovirus Infections
Tick-Borne Diseases
Organisms
Animals
Invertebrates
Arthropods
Arachnida
Acari
Ticks
Ixodidae
Ixodes
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