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Parasite Illustration Disease Morphology

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Approximately
inch in
length, with
females
reaching inch
when fully
engorged
Adult females
Phantom A one-host
are typically
Moose tick, with all
Dermacento reddish-brown
Disease; three active
r albipictus in color with a
No known life stages
(Winter Ticks creamy white
disease (larvae,
or Moose dorsal shield on
transmitte nymphs, and
Ticks) the back,
d in adults) feeding
directly behind
humans on moose
the head.
Adult males are
a dark brown
color with a
white
crosshatch
pattern on their
back.
Adults are brown
Three-host with eight legs
ticks, feeding and long
on different mouthparts
hosts during Adult lone star
Southern the larval, ticks exhibit
Tick- nymphal, and sexual
Associat adult stages. dimorphism.
ed Rash Attachment is The female has a
Amblyomma Illness facilitated by silvery-white
americanum STARI, the tubular spot near the
(Lone Star Ehrlichio hypostome center of her
Tick) sis, and a secreted back on the
Rickettsi cement- or posterior portion
osis, latex-like of the shield
Tularemi compound (scutum).
a that attaches The male has