How to Use black-legged tick in a Sentence
black-legged tick
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Yes, the deer is the primary carrier of the black-legged tick.
—cleveland, 6 Feb. 2020
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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
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Squirrels transmit the bacteria to the Western black-legged tick when the ticks bite them.
—Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 June 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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