<i >Ixodes scapularis</i>

Ixodes scapularis

此图片显示了一个传播伯氏疏螺旋体(Borrelia burgdorferi)的成年鹿蜱(肩突硬蜱),它是莱姆病的致病原因。

Image courtesy of James Gathany via the Public Health Image Library of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.