How to Use black-legged tick in a Sentence

black-legged tick

noun
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  • Yes, the deer is the primary carrier of the black-legged tick.
    — cleveland, 6 Feb. 2020
  • The lone star tick, the black-legged tick, the American dog tick and the Gulf Coast tick can attach to humans and pets.
    — al, 13 June 2022
  • Squirrels transmit the bacteria to the Western black-legged tick when the ticks bite them.
    — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 June 2021
  • One creature known to produce an antifreeze protein is the black-legged tick.
    — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2015
  • And in January, a study showed that along the West Coast, the Western black-legged tick is likely to expand its range as the population grows and the climate changes.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2021
  • The lone star tick -- identified by a white dot on adult females -- is also known for being more aggressive than the black-legged tick.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 19 June 2021
  • Innovative and successful, Nexgard is an oral flea and tick prevention that works against fleas and three tick species (the American dog tick, the black-legged tick, and the Lone Star tick).
    — Laxmi Corp, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 July 2022
  • The Western black-legged tick, California’s equivalent of the Eastern deer tick that also spreads Lyme disease, is not new to the brush and scrub habitat that hugs the water.
    — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 June 2021
  • But those who hike to the beach, passing through woodlands, grass or coastal chaparral, could encounter ticks, including the Western black-legged tick, which can spread Lyme disease.
    — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2021
  • Lyme disease is transmitted through black-legged tick bites and causes a range of symptoms from mild to debilitating.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021
  • While most insect bites are harmless, a prolonged encounter with a black-legged tick (deer tick) or an American dog tick could result in Rocky Mountain spotted fever or Lyme disease.
    — Rachel Ng, Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2021
  • The bacterium that most commonly causes Lyme, Borrelia burgdorferi, is transmitted to humans via the bite of an infected black-legged tick, also known as a deer tick.
    — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 23 June 2022
  • The western black-legged tick, the most common species in California, often carries diseases that can be transmitted to humans through a bite — especially Lyme disease.
    — Grace Tooheystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023

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