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common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia

: a common No. American tick (Dermacentor variabilis) attacking dogs, man, and other mammals and being an important vector of spotted fever and tularemia in man — called also wood tick

a common tick, Dermacentor variabilis, that is the vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the eastern U.S. and also carries tularemia. Also called wood tick.