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  • Common name: blacklegged tick, deer tick
  • Scientific name: Ixodes scapularis
  • Reservoir: small mammals and birds (larvae and nymphs); rodents and mammals (adult ticks)
  • Geographic distribution: northeastern and upper midwestern United States
  • Disease transmitted: anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Lyme disease





  • Common name: Gulf Coast tick
  • Scientific name: Amblyomma maculatum
  • Reservoir: birds and small rodents (larvae and nymphs); deer and other wildlife (adult ticks)
  • Geographic distribution: coastal areas of the United States along the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico
  • Disease transmitted: Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis








  • Common name: western blacklegged tick
  • Scientific name: Ixodes pacificus
  • Reservoir: birds and small rodents (larvae and nymphs); deer and other mammals (adult ticks)
  • Geographic distribution: Pacific coast of the United States
  • Disease transmitted: anaplasmosis, Lyme disease