Lyme disease tick. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the head of a tick (Ixodes sp.),the principal vector of Lyme disease. At lower centre is the long saw-like proboscis (hypostome) the tick uses to puncture the skin and suck blood. The tick is common in Europe and attacks humans,domestic and wild animals. Ixodes sp. ticks can carry the spirochaete bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi,cause of both Lyme disease and a closely-related disease known as erythema migrans. Both diseases cause skin lesions,neurological and cardiac abnormalities,and recurrent arthritis. Magnification: x60 at 6x7cm size | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Steger, Volker |
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