On Feb. 28, the lab issued a news release stating scientists had confirmed the tick was Ixodes scapularis, also known as the deer tick or blacklegged tick (not to be confused with the western ...

Numerous types of ticks exist, including the American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) and black-legged tick (Ixodes ...

The type of tick most commonly known to carry the bacterium that causes Lyme disease has been identified in eastern Montana, according to new National Institutes of Health (NIH) research. […] ...

Lyme disease is most frequently reported from the upper midwestern, northeastern, and mid-Atlantic states where it is spread by Ixodes scapularis ticks. Some cases are also reported from northern ...

Ixodes ricinus (ou tique du mouton autrefois aussi dite « tique du chien », nom également donné à une autre espèce de tique : Rhipicephalus sanguineus) est l'une des centaines d'espèces de tiques ...