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ISBN: 9780321962485
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 21, Problem 2TMW
Summary Introduction
To determine:
The reason for wearing light-colored pants while hiking in areas where Ixodes ticks are endemic.
Introduction:
Ixodes ticks (Ixodes ricinus) are the variety of hard bodies ticks, that belongs to the family Ixodidae and genus Ixodes. The adult Ixodes ticks are brown in color, but the female ticks are light gray in color. Some species of Ixodes ticks act as carriers of bacterial and viral infections. When they bite the host, they transmit the infection.
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Modified MasteringMicrobiology with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)
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