dorsal view of a female "lone star tick", Amblyomma americanum

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This photograph depicted a dorsal view of a female "lone star tick", Amblyomma americanum. An Ixodes, or "hard" tick, "A. americanum" is found through the southeast and south-central states, and has been shown to transmit the spirochete,"Borrelia lonestari", the pathogen responsible for causing a Lyme disease-like rash known as "Southern tick-associated rash illness" (STARI).

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Photo credit: © CDC / S.Dupuis / Alamy / Afripics
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