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nountype genus of the family Ixodidae
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- cottontail common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
- wood rabbit common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
- deer tick a northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis
- lime disease spirochete cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes
- black-legged tick parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick)
- wood rat any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
- dusky-footed woodrat host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California
- looping ill an acute viral disease of the nervous system in sheep; can be transmitted by Ixodes ricinus
- borrelia burgdorferi cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes
- ixodes dammini a northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis