"When it comes to tick-borne diseases, what many people don’t realize is that there are hundreds of different species of ticks. While there are about 900 different types of ticks around the world, there are only a few that bite and transmit diseases to humans."
"Ticks come in many different varieties that not only look different, but also live in different regions and environments, and can transmit different types of diseases to both people and animals."
"There are two families of ticks found in the United States: Ixodidae (hard ticks) and Argasidae (soft ticks). Of the 700 species of hard ticks and 200 species of soft ticks found throughout the world."
"Ticks will also appear differently depending on where in their life cycle they are. The tick has four different life cycles: egg, larvae, nymph, and adult tick. It can also be hard to distinguish what type of tick is on you while they are biting you because they burrow into the skin. While it feeds, however, the body of the tick becomes larger, so that could help to determine the type of tick if you can see any distinctive markings."
"As of September 2021, the CDC has reported ALT in 17 states:"
TICK BITE EDUCATION DIRECTORY
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