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Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service, United States |
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USDA ARS Photo Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service |
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Adult(s) |
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ARS tick-control efforts are targeting the female blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, which can lay up to 3,000 eggs in her lifetime. Her young offspring are key links in the transmission of Lyme disease, a flulike illness in humans that can become chronic and progressive if not treated. |
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United States |
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| Image Citation: (?) | | Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org |
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Image Information last updated on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 |
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