File:Amblyomma americanum tick.jpg

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English: This image depicts a dorsal view of a female lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum, and is found in the Southeastern, and Mid-Atlantic United States. Females exhibit the star-like spot on their distal scutum. This tick is a vector of several zoonotic diseases, including human monocytic ehrlichiosis, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF). To view additional images related to this tick species, see PHIL 8676 through 8685, and 9535.
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  • Photo Credit: James Gathany
  • Content Providers(s): CDC/ Michael L. Levin, Ph. D.
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English: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions. As a matter of courtesy we request that the content provider be credited and notified in any public or private usage of this image.
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This image is a work of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

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current16:16, 16 July 2008Thumbnail for version as of 16:16, 16 July 2008575 × 546 (65 KB)TimVickers (talk | contribs){{Information |Description={{en|1=The tick ''Amblyomma americanum'' (Lone Star tick)}} |Source=http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/stari/lone-star-tick-image.htm |Author=CDC |Date= |Permission= |other_versions= }} {{ImageUpload|full}} Category:Ixodidae

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