Esta é uma fêmea adulta de carrapato de veado, Ixodes dammini. Transmite a doença de Lyme e a babesiose para humanos. (Imagem - cortesia do Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.)
Data da revisão:
1/31/2018
Revisão feita por:
Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, Brenda Conaway, Editorial Director, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.