Microbiology & infectious diseases
Parasites-cutaneous / subcutaneous / soft tissue
Tick (Ixodes)
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Last author update: 1 November 2018
Last staff update: 7 March 2024
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PubMed Search: Tick Ixodes
See Also: Lyme disease - skin, Lyme arthritis - joints, Ehrlichiosis / anaplasmosis, Tick (Hyalomma)
Cite this page: Pernick N. Tick (Ixodes). PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/parasitologytickixodes.html. Accessed May 14th, 2024.
Clinical features
- Characteristic U shaped anal groove (Pritt: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites Blog - Answer to Case 495 [Accessed 29 November 2018])
- No festoons
- Females are orange-brown (but gray-white when engorged), males are black, nymphs are transparent charcoal-gray
Case reports
- 5 year old Canadian boy (Pritt: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites Blog - Case of the Week 495 [Accessed 29 November 2018])
Gross images
Contributed by Bobbi Pritt, M.D.
Female Ixodes tick
