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Guide to different tick species and the diseases they carry
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Black-legged tick or deer tick
Lone Star tick
Alpha-gal syndrome and the Lone Star tick
American dog tick
Western black-legged tick
Rocky Mountain wood tick
Brown dog tick
Gulf Coast tick
Asian longhorned tick
Soft ticks
Ticks and where to find them
Preventing tick bites
Black-legged tick or deer tick
Lone Star tick
Alpha-gal syndrome and the Lone Star tick
American dog tick
Western black-legged tick
Rocky Mountain wood tick
Brown dog tick
Gulf Coast tick
Asian longhorned tick
Soft ticks
Ticks and where to find them
Preventing tick bites
Lone Star tick
The Lone Star tick is mainly found in the Southern and Eastern U.S. Its scientific name is Amblyomma americanum.
The Lone Star tick can spread:
- Ehrlichiosis due to Ehrlichiosis chaffeensis and Ehrlichiosis ewingii.
- Heartland virus disease.
- Southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI).
- Bourbon virus disease.
- Tularemia.
