How to Use deer tick in a Sentence

deer tick

noun
  • The tick that causes the disease is the black-legged tick, aka the deer tick.
    Amanda MacMillan, Health, 15 Apr. 2023
  • In terms of ticks, deer ticks are the biggest threat throughout the US.
    Judy Stone, Forbes, 6 May 2023
  • Of those, the deer tick is the one that often bites and infects humans.
    Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2023
  • In the Northeast, the deer tick is best known as the carrier of Lyme disease.
    New York Times, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Climate change will also bring more deer ticks to St. Louis.
    Allegra Kirkland, Quartz, 18 Oct. 2019
  • The second most common tick is the lone star tick, also known as the seed tick, turkey tick or deer tick.
    Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 23 May 2018
  • However, the lone star tick has a different shape than the dog tick and is much larger than the deer tick.
    Kevin Ambrose, Anchorage Daily News, 2 May 2022
  • The bacterium is present in deer ticks in the Northeast and Midwestern US.
    Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Also, the deer tick is quite tiny, a mere speck, and easily overlooked.
    Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 8 June 2023
  • It is most commonly carried by the black-legged or deer tick and can infest humans and pets.
    Kaleb A. Brown, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2020
  • The report found that just shy of 39% of deer ticks tested positive for Lyme.
    USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2020
  • The reasoning for the cull was to prevent the spread of Lyme disease, which can be caused by bacteria in deer ticks.
    Micah Walker, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Historically, deer ticks have lived to the east and south of Indiana and in the northern part of the state near Chicago.
    Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 24 May 2018
  • Powassan virus infection Three tick species carry the Powassan virus: the groundhog tick, the squirrel tick, and the deer tick.
    Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The coronavirus, like deer ticks (now found as far north as the Arctic), may prove to be one of many new invisible threats.
    Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker, 25 May 2020
  • Anaplasmosis is transmitted by the deer tick and is most prevalent in the Northeast and the upper Midwest.
    Patia Braithwaite, SELF, 26 July 2019
  • Like Lyme, this illness is transmitted by deer ticks in warm months, according to the CDC.
    Patia Braithwaite, SELF, 26 July 2019
  • So researchers are testing photosensitive eyes that weigh less than 2 milligrams and are about the size of a deer tick.
    Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2015
  • For example, black-legged ticks, commonly called the deer tick, favor those warm and moist areas on the human body like under the breasts and arms.
    Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 16 July 2023
  • That disease is the Powassan virus, which is transmitted by deer ticks just like Lyme disease.
    Megan Friedman, Country Living, 2 May 2017
  • If the state has had two cases by June, who knows how many more cases there will be as deer tick season continues through August.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 17 June 2021
  • The May 10 count, led by Rutgers, did not focus on deer ticks, which are associated with Lyme disease and tend to be found in the woods.
    Frank Kummer, Philly.com, 6 June 2018
  • View full post on Instagram There are many different species of ticks, but the detail that matters is whether you were bitten by a deer tick (a.k.a.
    Sarah Bradley, Women's Health, 26 May 2023
  • This tiny tick was identified as the immature stage of the deer tick, called Ixodes scapularis, similar to Europe’s sheep tick.
    Allen Steere, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Prater begrudgingly saw an optometrist who broke the news — a deer tick had taken up residence in his cornea.
    Scottie Andrew and Saeed Ahmed, CNN, 16 July 2019
  • These are different ticks from the transmitters of Lyme disease, which are deer ticks, also called black-legged ticks.
    Anna Groves, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2018
  • The virus usually is spread through the bite of an infected black-legged or deer tick, the same parasite that transmits Lyme disease.
    Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2022
  • Powassan virus disease is spread by three types of ticks, including the deer tick that transmits Lyme disease.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 25 July 2019
  • But lacking anything better, a pamphlet about deer ticks can keep me occupied quite some while.
    New York Times, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Available in 2-ounce and 4-ounce spray bottles, this repellent advertises up to four hours of protection from deer ticks and up to eight hours for lone star ticks and brown dog ticks.
    Steven Rowe, Health, 28 Aug. 2023

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