Deer tick. Coloured Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM) of the head of a deer tick Ixodes sp. In this front view,the toothed proboscis mouthpart of the tick is seen (at centre) which is used to penetrate human skin,attach the tick firmly,and suck blood. The tick has 4 pairs of legs. Ixodes sp. is a carrier of the spirochaete bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi,cause of Lyme disease in humans. Lyme disease can produce three stages of infection: skin lesions,neurological and cardiac abnormalities,and arthritis. Lyme disease is carried by various species of Ixodes tick: I.dammi and I.pacificus in the USA,and in Europe by I.ricinus. Magnification: x55 at 6x7cm size. x85 at 4x5ins | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Scharf, David |
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