Ixodes

NOUN
  1. type genus of the family Ixodidae
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  • Lyme disease is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi and is transmitted to human hosts by ticks of the Ixodes genus.
  • The western blacklegged tick Ixodes pacificus can also carry the bacterium that corresponds to Lyme disease. News
  • Lyme disease is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi and is transmitted to human hosts by ticks of the Ixodes genus.
  • The Lone Star and Ixodes ticks are the vectors for this disease.
  • Program Director, Linden Hu, MD (Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine and Associate Professor of Microbiology, Sackler School of Biomedical Graduate Sciences) has begun an unconventional study examining whether xenodiagnosis (the feeding of uninfected Ixodes ticks on infected animals) can be used to determine when persistent infection occurs in humans. Newswise: Latest News
  • Most ixodid matings take place on the host, and only after attachment, but there are exceptions in the genus Ixodes, where in some species mating can take place prior to attachment to the host. CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
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