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The blacklegged tick ( Ixodes scapularis), the primary vector for Lyme disease in the central and eastern United States. (And elsewhere, too. Uploader)

Date

Published: May 9, 2006

Source

A New View on Lyme Disease: Rodents Hold the Key to Annual Risk. Gross L, PLoS Biology Vol. 4/6/2006, e182. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0040182

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Lyme disease

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