Rebecca A. Brantley, BS

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Rhipicephalus ticks are brown and teardrop shaped with an inornate scutum. The hexagonal basis capitulum is a defining characteristic. The image is in the public domain.

What’s Eating You? Rhipicephalus Ticks Revisited

Author:: Rebecca A. Brantley, BS; Dirk M. Elston, MD

Rhipicephalus ticks are vectors of a variety of diseases, including the rickettsial diseases Rocky Mountain spotted fever and...

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