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Engorged Adult Lonestar Tick (33652349100)

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Description: This engorged adult female lone star tick, or Ambylomma americanum, was collected in Annapolis, Maryland. Lone star ticks can transmit the pathogen that causes tickborne diseases such ehrlichiosis and Southern tick-associated rash illness, or STARI. Credit: NIAID. Date: 14 April 2017, 16:10. Source: Engorged Adult Lonestar Tick. Author: NIAID.

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