Lyme Disease Tick
by Alfred Pasieka/science Photo Library
Title
Lyme Disease Tick
Artist
Alfred Pasieka/science Photo Library
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Lyme disease tick. Light micrograph of a lyme disease tick (Ixodes sp.). Only the female feeds on blood using its boring mouthpart (at upper right), attacking deer, dogs and humans. Ixodes sp. is a type of arachnid and consequently has 4 pairs of legs. Ixodes sp. is a carrier of the spirochaete bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, the cause of Lyme disease in humans. Lyme disease can produce skin lesions, joint inflammation, fever and headache, and will reoccur over a period of several years if left untreated. Magnification: unknown.
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October 4th, 2018
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