Amblyomma
American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary:
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Am·bly·om·ma
(ăm'blē-ŏm'ə)
n.
n.
A genus of ticks of the Ixodidae family, certain species of which are vectors of Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
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Amblyomma
A genus of ticks of the family Ixodidae.
- A. americanum — a three-host tick which causes painful bites and tick paralysis and transmits Q fever, tularemia and Rocky Mountain spotted fever of humans. Called also the lone star tick.
- A. cajennense — a three-host tick that transmits spotted fever of human and leptospirosis due to L. pomona. Called also cayenne tick.
- A. hebraeum — a three-host tick that transmits Ehrlichia ruminantium, the cause of heartwater. It also causes severe bite wounds. Called also bont tick.
- A. maculatum — a three-host tick which causes paralysis but does not transmit disease. Called also Gulf coast tick.
- A. pomposum — a three-host tick, a vector for Ehrlichia ruminantium, the cause of heartwater.
- A. variegatum — a three-host tick which transmits Ehrlichia ruminantium, the cause of heartwater, Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) and Nairobi sheep disease. Called also variegated or tropical bont tick.
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