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How and where is lyme disease spread?
Lyme disease is spread by ticks. Lyme disease can be pretty much everywhere.
How is RMSF spread?
The bacteria causing RMSF is passed to humans through the bite of an infected tick. The illness begins within about two weeks of such a bite.
What is a Tick-borne disease?
A disease that is spread to animals by the bite of an infected tick
What is the symbiosis relationship of a deer and a tick?
The symbiosis relationship of a deer and a tick is parasitism. The deer is the harmed host and the tick is harming the host.
Why are deer getting Lyme disease?
They are subject to heavy predation from a tick that caries this bacteria and transmits it to the deer. The deer do not present symptoms as they are a vector of the parasitic bacteria and not the terminal host.
Is a tick living on a deer mutualism?
Both. Ticks are essentially parasites and can have bacteria that may affect a deer's health. Too many ticks can also harm a deer.
Could you inform me about Lyme Disease symptoms?
Lyme Disease is a tick released bacterium that is released when a deer tick bite. These can only happen if the tick carries the germ which is very common.
What is a lyme tick?
There is no such thing as a "Lyme Tick". Are you asking what tick carries Lyme Disease? Lyme is a bacteria that a tick might be carrying. It causes Lyme Disease when it the tick bites you. It was previously thought that only Deer Ticks carry Lyme Bacteria. More and more they are finding that any tick may carry it.
How is lyme disease transmitted?
Lyme Disease is transmitted to a human through a tick bite if the tick is carrying the spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi. The tick transmits the spirochete which causes the disease. It is most commonly found in the brown deer tick.
How do you get Lyme disease?
Lyme disease is transmitted through the bite of an infected deer tick. The Deer Tick is about the size of this period. Especially in the spring. It is possible that it can also be transmitted by other ticks fleas and/or mosquitoes but this has not yet been proven. Even if the tick was not on you long enough to infect you, if you squeeze it with tweezers to pull it off then you can force the guts of the tick into you. Be sue to remove them carefully and by the head only. These ticks are usually found on the edge of the woods. You probably will not feel its bite. If you live in an area with a lot of ticks, then you should take a very hot shower every day you go outside on the grass or at the edge of the woods.
Can a tick bite give you HIV?
A tick bite can not give you HIV.
Who will get killed a deer or a tick?
a deer
