Source: Public Health Image Library (PHIL). James Gathany; William Nicholshon. Available online: http://phil.cdc.gov.
            
            Western black-legged ticks are one of two types of ticks in the United States that carry Lyme disease bacteria.
           
          
            
            
            
              
                
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