How to Use black-legged tick in a Sentence

black-legged tick

noun

• Yes, the deer is the primary carrier of the black-legged tick.
  — cleveland, 6 Feb. 2020
• The lone star tick, the black-legged tick, the American dog tick and the Gulf Coast tick can attach to humans and pets.
  — al, 13 June 2022
• Squirrels transmit the bacteria to the Western black-legged tick when the ticks bite them.
  — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 June 2021
• And in January, a study showed that along the West Coast, the Western black-legged tick is likely to expand its range as the population grows and the climate changes.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2021
• The lone star tick -- identified by a white dot on adult females -- is also known for being more aggressive than the black-legged tick.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 19 June 2021
• Innovative and successful, Nexgard is an oral flea and tick prevention that works against fleas and three tick species (the American dog tick, the black-legged tick, and the Lone Star tick).
  — Laxmi Corp, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 July 2022
• The Western black-legged tick, California’s equivalent of the Eastern deer tick that also spreads Lyme disease, is not new to the brush and scrub habitat that hugs the water.
  — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 June 2021
• But those who hike to the beach, passing through woodlands, grass or coastal chaparral, could encounter ticks, including the Western black-legged tick, which can spread Lyme disease.
  — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2021
• Lyme disease is transmitted through black-legged tick bites and causes a range of symptoms from mild to debilitating.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021
• While most insect bites are harmless, a prolonged encounter with a black-legged tick (deer tick) or an American dog tick could result in Rocky Mountain spotted fever or Lyme disease.
  — Rachel Ng, Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2021
• The bacterium that most commonly causes Lyme, Borrelia burgdorferi, is transmitted to humans via the bite of an infected black-legged tick, also known as a deer tick.
  — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 23 June 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024