Deer Tick (Cont.)

Other Ticks Besides the Deer Tick

In the Pacific coastal United States, Lyme disease is spread by the western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus). Other tick species found in the United States have not been shown to transmit Borrelia burgdorferi.
 
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Written by/reviewed by: Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
Last reviewed by: Arthur Schoenstadt, MD