ID#: 5389
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This photograph depicted a close ventral view of the soft tick, Carios kelleyi, formerly Ornithodoros kelleyi, also known as the bat tick. Though this tick species has been shown to carry both the spotted fever Rickettsia, and relapsing fever Borrelia pathogens, there is no evidence of these diseases having been passed to humans through a tick bite from this arachnid.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ William L. Nicholson, Ph.D.
Creation Date: 2003
Photo Credit: Jim Gathany
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Copyright Restrictions: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions.