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Ixodes scapularis

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1. n. parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick) Source: wordnet

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ixodes bites deer disease eastern England form genus humans known mice new northern parasitic principal States tick time united vector

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Ixodes dammini Ixodes dentatus Ixodes neotomae Ixodes pacificus

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