The Lone Star Tick (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

The Lone Star Tick

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The Lone Star tick was first reported in Illinois in 1999. It can transmit bacterial diseases such as ehrlichiosis and tularemia, and viral infections such as Heartland virus disease.

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Photo by Christopher Stone, INHS

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