Dermacentor_andersoni_PHIL_10865.tif

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English: This photograph depicts a dorsal view of a female Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni. This tick species is a known North American vector of Rickettsia rickettsii, which is the etiologic agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF). See PHIL 10869, for a side-by-side comparative view of both a male and female, D. andersoni tick.
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This media comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 's Public Health Image Library (PHIL), with identification number #10865 .

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Author James Gathany
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This image is a work of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services , taken or made as part of an employee's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government , the image is in the public domain .

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