Deer tick (IMAGE)

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences

Deer tick

Caption

Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium spread by ticks of the genus Ixodes, like this deer tick.

Credit

Unsplash/Erik Karits

Usage Restrictions

No restrictions.

License

Public Domain

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