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  1. Ticks are small, insect-like creatures that live in woods and fields. They can attach to people ... as they brush past bushes, plants, and grass. Ticks can be fairly large, as big as a ...
  2. There are many species of ticks. Of these, a large proportion are capable of carrying disease. Diseases carried by ticks include Lyme disease, Ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted ...
  3. This is a close-up photograph of a tick embedded in the skin. Ticks are important because they can carry diseases such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia, Colorado tick fever, Lyme disease, and others.
  4. Diseases are often carried by ticks, including Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Colorado Tick Fever, Lyme disease, and tularemia. Less common or less frequent diseases include typhus, Q- ...
  5. This is an engorged deer tick ( Ixodes dammini ) embedded in the skin of a human host. In the United States, these ticks are the primary source of ...
  6. This is an adult female deer tick, Ixodes dammini . It transmits Lyme disease and babesiosis to humans. (Image courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.)
  7. Lyme Disease (VisualDX)  
    ... Borrelia burgdorferi. The disease is transmitted by infected ticks that also feed on mice and deer. The tick can often be found still attached to the ...
  8. Bug Bite or Sting (VisualDX)  
    Insect Bites and Stings/Images ... Insect Bites and Stings ... VisualDX ... Bites or stings from insects (arthropods) are very common. Most reactions are mild and result ...
  9. ... by a bacteria transmitted to humans by a tick bite. (Image courtesy of the Centers for Disease ...
  10. ... often appears at the site of the infecting tick bite. It is a red, enlarging rash, flat ...
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