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Blacklegged Tick Or Deer Tick, Ixodes Scapularis Say (Arachnida: Acari: Ixodidae)

Michael R. Patnaude

出版	University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, EDIS, 2003
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=iB0FkAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

Lyme disease was first recognized in 1975 as a distinct clinical disorder and is currently the most frequently reported vector-borne disease in the United States (CDC 1995). Transmission of the spirochete B. burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, occurs by the bite of Ixodes ticks. The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say affects the greatest number of people for three principal reasons: their geographic distribution coincides in the northeastern United States with the greatest concentration of humans; spirochete infection rates are high, often exceeding 25%; and the geographical range of the tick is spreading.